...you are a clown who exists to create laughter in the world when your daughter is dying and you cannot imagine a reason to laugh ever again.
The story was shared with The Moth Radio Hour by Anthony Griffith. Stories presented by The Moth are more typically humorous. This one is not.
However, it is a singular act of bravery as Mr. Griffith opens the deepest wound in his life for our inspection. And, one hopes, our empathy.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
So What Happens When...
...you take your boyfriend home to meet the family.
In Utah. Where your family are Mormons. And also Mexicans.
You might lose your cell phone on the way home from the airport with your boyfriend. After announcing the loss to a couple of family members, you find the phone.
And when a family member calls hoping that someone will have found the phone, you might impetuously thrust your phone into your boyfriend's hands and tell him to pretend that he is a homeless person that has found this phone and that he lives at the end of the alley behind Arby's, behind a dumpster.
You might think that this sort of hijinks would end well. But no.
Getting to the end is pretty damned funny though.
Head on over to The Moth and hear Elna Baker fill in the details.
In Utah. Where your family are Mormons. And also Mexicans.
You might lose your cell phone on the way home from the airport with your boyfriend. After announcing the loss to a couple of family members, you find the phone.
And when a family member calls hoping that someone will have found the phone, you might impetuously thrust your phone into your boyfriend's hands and tell him to pretend that he is a homeless person that has found this phone and that he lives at the end of the alley behind Arby's, behind a dumpster.
You might think that this sort of hijinks would end well. But no.
Getting to the end is pretty damned funny though.
Head on over to The Moth and hear Elna Baker fill in the details.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
So What Happens When...
...your credit card gets stolen.
Well you hope the bank will stop the continuing theft. Banks are pretty good about that these days.
And you might find some online purchases. Unusual purchases. Surprisingly, these unusual purchases had been shipped to someplace reasonably nearby.
Suddenly, it occurs to you that the last transaction where you gave someone your card number (as opposed to swiping it in person) was when you ordered pizza over the phone. Putting two and two together, you visit the pizzeria with the intent of tracking down the miscreant that had just wrecked your life.
Instead you end up talking to the manager during the middle of the afternoon. Then the mother of all coincidences occurs; the manager has to answer the phone to take a delivery order. And the caller is using your credit card number to pay for your pizza.
Head on over to The Moth's website and listen to the rest of the story from Tristan Jimerson.
It just gets better and better.
Well you hope the bank will stop the continuing theft. Banks are pretty good about that these days.
And you might find some online purchases. Unusual purchases. Surprisingly, these unusual purchases had been shipped to someplace reasonably nearby.
Suddenly, it occurs to you that the last transaction where you gave someone your card number (as opposed to swiping it in person) was when you ordered pizza over the phone. Putting two and two together, you visit the pizzeria with the intent of tracking down the miscreant that had just wrecked your life.
Instead you end up talking to the manager during the middle of the afternoon. Then the mother of all coincidences occurs; the manager has to answer the phone to take a delivery order. And the caller is using your credit card number to pay for your pizza.
Head on over to The Moth's website and listen to the rest of the story from Tristan Jimerson.
It just gets better and better.
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