And my dad declared, “That was a great series.” And my mom said, “The best.”
And my sister asked, “How long was it on the air?” And my brother replied, “Nine years, stupid.”
And my sister responded, “You… stupid.” And my dad said, “Stop it, right now.”
And my mom said, “Listen to your father.” And my brother said nothing. And my sister said nothing.
And years later I found out my brother was wrong. I went to the library to look up the figures,
and I found out that the episode we watched is the highest watched anything of television history,
which I find amazing because it felt like just the five of us.
You know… a lot of kids at school hate their parents. Some of them got hit. And some of them got caught in the middle of wrong lives.
Some of them were trophies for their parents to show the neighbors like ribbons or gold stars. And some of them just wanted to drink in peace.
For me personally, as much as I don’t understand my mom and dad and as much as I feel sorry for both of them sometimes,
I can’t help but love them very much. My mom drives to visit the cemetery of people she loves.
My dad cried during M*A*S*H, and trusted me to keep his secret, and let me sit on his lap, and called me “champ.”
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