Status Updates From Did I Ever Tell You? a memoir

OMG I have no idea how this Shirlee lady is alive! The bit about her throwing away the recipe box! The house itself could’ve been done more delicately in general, but what kind of person would do that without consulting the kids before? As if this lady was completely oblivious that recipes get passed down generations all the time?! I am FURIOUS.

“My dear friend Jay wore all of these little treasures in a small bag hung around his neck all through the village initiation ritual. Because I couldn’t participate, Jay did everything twice as long as- once for him, once for me.”