Category: Without a Tether

• Chapter 15: July 7, 1980

  I am sitting in my assigned seat aboard American Airlines. Melanie sat with me in the terminal until my flight boarded, which was strange. When I was younger, I’m pretty…

  

• Chapter 14: June 30, 1980

  When I arrived at the diner, that I had agreed to meet my grandmother at, I saw that she wasn’t there yet. I sat with a cup of coffee and…

  

• Chapter 13: June 27, 1980

  I got to see my grandmother everyday this week—it was really cool— for about an hour every morning, mostly meeting up at Dunkin Donuts. * * * Destiny called me.…

  

• Chapter 12: June 23, 1980

  Despite my hopes to go back and see my grandmother the following Monday, I wasn’t able to. Iris who works with me in the deli, had gone into labor a…

  

• Chapter 11: June 13, 1980

  Yesterday didn’t go well. I showed up at the house, and my Aunt Amy had stayed home from school, and so I didn’t stick around. Luckily, she didn’t see me…

  

• Chapter 10: June 11, 1980

  I dressed up nice, and made sure that I shaved my face pristinely.  No nicks, no spots of stubble.  In the mirror I looked as childlike as I had in…