The Two Takes

Photo by israel palacio on Unsplash Her Take: Prepare yourself, this one might get a little heavy. On April 5th, 1994, I was a little more than seven months pregnant with my oldest son and, as I remember it, even though memory can be flawed, my ex had taken me to visit his parents who lived in a small town about an hour away from us. Google tells me that April 5th, 1994 was a Friday, so that doesn’t seem like a perfect day for a drive but his parents were retired, I worked weekends in retail, and my ex was frequently unemployed so my version of history seems plausible. At any rate, we spent the day, as you could back then, disconnected from what was happening in the world. With no constant stream of news on a cell phone (I promise I’m not playing the nostalgia card here) we knew less at any given moment, and we waited for the TV, or the newspaper, or someone we knew to tell us what happened, mostly after it was long over. Not to say that I remember having a perfect...

Photo by Martin Kníže on Unsplash This week's blog was supposed to be 'Cook's Choice' which doesn't mean leftover meatloaf, it means we write what we want and don't worry about the other person's topic. Technically it still is, because he's trying something he's never done before, and she was inspired by it, even though it's not her cup of tea.  His Take: I have the best friends.You should be SO jealous!! I’ve always wanted to write about sports and this week I get to do it! If you're part of the IWC, or paid attention to the television upfronts this week, you know there was a lockdown on Turner Networks and that was because AEW got to announce that they’re going to have a weekly LIVE wrestling show on TNT. This fall things should get really interesting. But I’m not here to talk about that, I’m here to talk about one of my favorite pay per views of the year, this Sunday’s Money in the Bank!!! I’ve always loved this ppv beca...

Photo by Fernanda Prado on Unsplash Welcome to the second parts! Last week we brought you Part One of two stories (catch up right here) so this week you get... well, at least one conclusion.  Her Take:  Chapter Three: The Thing Many years later, when Kevin would drunkenly tell this story to anyone who would listen in his favorite bar, he would make the point to say that he did not stare. He was proud of that. And it was true, he did not. He fainted. Fortunately, he had barely stood when his lights went out so rather than collapsing in a dramatic heap, he made a soft ‘blunk’ noise when his posterior met the chair and simply slumped back. For a moment, he was in a pleasantly dark place in which small dogs didn’t talk in human voices. He liked it there. As he came back around, he started to register voices. A man’s voice: “Woah there buddy, we lost you for a second.” Joyce (grumbling under her breath): “I told him not to stare. It’s so rude.” Th...