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What Family Is For

October 30, 2015 1 Comment

What Family Is for

By Kyle Partacz

Danny was in rehab. A drinker, smoker, god-knows-what-else-er, this was his third try.

When Scott, Danny’s cousin, was ending the visit, he gave Danny a ball of red yarn.

“Drop it out your window, and wait,” Scott said. Under the window, glancing quickly and pulling a six pack out of his jacket, Scott tied the thin plastic handle to the yarn.

As Danny pulled the beer cans into the air, the just setting sun reflected off the slick metal, and Scott gave Danny a salute. Danny nodded back.

A few weeks later he would fail rehab the third, and last, time

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  1. Derrick Fernie says

    October 30, 2015 at 8:59 am

    A good read, life is held together by a thread it can go either way good, or bad by a helping hand!

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