These stories will span four generations – from my grandparents to my children. In our family jargon, we refer to my parent’s generation as GEN ONE and Coco, my sisters and me as GEN TWO. Our Children are GEN THREE and I guess makes our grandparents GEN ZERO.
There are currently three sets of stories in the Family Stories series on this Blog:
DAD, ROB, and ME is my attempt to understand and explain who my father was and how I have come to terms with Dad’s recklessness in raising my brother and me to the point that it cost my brother his life. In writing these stories, I have not only been able to forgive my father, I have come to more deeply appreciate, admire and love him.
COCO, The KIDS and ME are stories about Coco and me becoming an item, marrying, and raising our four children.
OTHER STORIES are just that. They include stories from my childhood, from later in life or from GEN ONE and GEN ZERO that do not fall into the other two categories.