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Hand and Glove
Holling and I met at university, in the Forestry Program’s biology lab. We teamed up as lab partners, then as more.
“Darla, we’ve been together six months. I want you to meet my family.”
Flying in a small private plane over dense forest towards the northernmost tip of the Upper Peninsula of MI, I noticed a palatial structure.
“What’s that, Holling?”
“It’s our new hospital, sweetheart.”
Holling’s family met us at the single landing strip.
After Mama’s bear hug, she said, “We’re gonna put some meat on those bones!”
That night, at Porky’s, I understood the whys of both.
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Thanks, Neil!
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Such a good story my friend 😘
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Maggie, thank you :)
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i don’t know what’s coming next. but i have a feeling it won’t go well for her.
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An early pacemaker, if she survives the heart attack…
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I would be looking for the exit myself…(K)
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A very cool story Li! Bravo! Xo
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Thank you, CA!
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Food, food glorious food, seems to be that family’s priority. Nicely told.
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Thanks, James!
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Bón appetit! Make room for dessert!
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:)
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🍪🍩🧁🎂
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“New hospital” and “meat on those bones.” I sense a connection.
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Yes, fatty food, heart disease, bypass surgeries, and hospitals are connected. Thanks, James!
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These are so rich. So much juice in the economy of words
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Steve, thank you :) BTW I plan on getting caught up with Suzie and her passenger while on hiatus.
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I have a niggling fear that maybe there is a reason they wannt put some meat on them bones…
Wonderful write, Lisa!
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Dale, it could be something nefarious, or maybe they just don’t want a skinny in their family ;) Thanks so much, my dear.
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Yes, since it is you, I open up the possibility of the something potentially nefarious ;-)
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:::wicked laughter:::
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😬
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Nothing like fattening up your own business! heheheh
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:)
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Wow Lisa – you paced a surprising amount of foreshadowing into just a few lines – what started out as a romance turned into a rural gothic horror! Brilliant 👏
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Ange, thank you very much. I hope she makes it out alive!
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🤞🏼
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Sounds like My Big Fat Upper Michigan Wedding :) Nice story.
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Ha ha! I love that! Thank you, David :)
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