"Always a Story"

Short essay; themes: family, death, birds, magic, flash fiction, falcons, CNF, grandparents, fear, support, last chances, Ohio

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Original title: “Columbus, Ohio.” Narrative Magazine.

Photo by Delaney Van

Always a Story

© Jen Knox

When Grandpa’s unable to move, he yells at my grandmother, and she yells at my mother. The residue of this yelling sticks to Mom so …