Category: Without a Tether

• 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…

  

• Chapter 9: June 6, 1980

  Right now both of my parents, all four of my grandparents, and I are all alive in some form or another.  My hope, even if it is just stolen glances…

  

• Chapter 8: May 27, 1980

  Today was strange, even given everything I’ve been through these past 6 months. It was bizarre! I got up early, and got ready.  Since I got my job in the…