I've gone to the Turkey Palooza - follow me there
When I first read the message from Ian at Idiot’s Stew asking me if I would be interested in writing a guest post for his “The Idiot’s Super-Duper-Amazing-Pre-Thanksgiving-Holiday-Extravaganza-and-Parade” (aka Turkey Palooza) the first thought that went through my head was “is this message really for me?” If you’re a reader of Idiot’s Stew then you know Ian is a genius and a great writer, so I wondered why he would want my humble musings on his blog - I quickly agreed to do it before he came to his senses and retracted the offer.
My first thought for a story was about the times we would get together at my grandma’s house and have thanksgiving dinner and then my cousins and I would get into dirt clog fights with the rival neighborhood kids, but as I started the story something totally different came out. I thought about our family tradition of going to the movies every Thanksgiving and how that started and that’s what I wrote about, so go check out my contribution to “The Idiot’s Super-Duper-Amazing-Pre-Thanksgiving-Holiday-Extravaganza-and-Parade” (aka Turkey Palooza) and let me know what you think.
Thank you Ian for letting me be a part of this - it was an honor for me
The pleasure is all mine, Tony. A truly great piece of writing. Thanks a million.
Ian
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i read it. it was incredible. thanks for sharing such a powerful story.
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oh, i'm also an army brat and my dad was also in viet nam (you didn't say which war but i'm assuming here).
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Tony,
Thanks for sharing a heart wrenching story. I have been on the other side in different ways. I saw what an illness has done to my own college girl. And I have to say...sharing your insight is brave. It is hard to be that honest and also to open up such a wound.
Yeah, you became the man of the family in so many ways. And even though it was thrust at you at such a young age, we see the strength it produced in you.
None of us realize what we grow through is shaping the person we become til late in life. Thankfully so many here see that now in you. You grew beautifully.
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I just read your Thanksgiving story and I am stunned.
I left a comment over there, but I wanted to say again that I hope your dad recovered to become the head of your house again.
I'm curious about your family and how they coped. Did you and your family forgive your uncle, your grandparents?
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Wow! What a strong story for this holiday season.
Thank you for sharing.
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Hello Tony, I'm just going to leave you a little comment, similar to the one that I left over at that great writer IB's place.
Truly powerful and bare to the bone in its descriptions. While the story may be one of sadness, it was f'ing brilliantly written and you know that I'm always grateful for this medium to be used in this way...
Feel proud Tony, its f'ing fantastic to see blogs used in such ways. I also know that writing like that does not always come easy so all power to you...
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