Bloganuary writing prompt

Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.

View all responses

Getting drunk, eating, fighting and on occasion spending a night or two in jail all came together in a holiday casserole so finding a favorite meant diving headfirst into insanity hoping to pull out a diamond. 

Usually I ended up covered in shit but sometimes the ‘ole singing competition got slipped on my ring finger and the marriage of talent and witness soon followed. They were a family of crooners for sure and hearing them sing felt like landing on mars, if mars was livable, peaceful and filled with trees and wildlife.

I’ve always wondered whether talent leads people to intoxication or whether intoxication leads to talent. The jury is out. Probably at the bar.