5 years in the past Victor introduced dwelling a battered outdated bear named Mathew McClawnaughey as a result of he is aware of I don’t like flowers:
And I gave the bear a small makeover and renamed her Ruth Bader Ginsbear, as a result of clearly:
After which Ruth sat beside me by good instances and dangerous and waved at fascinated neighborhood kids throughout the pandemic.
However now Hailey is off in school and this home feels too large and so I’m taking a look at downsizing in order that possibly we might transfer to a smaller place and so I requested my dad if he knew anybody that would give Ruth a house and he was like, “I’LL TAKE HER” and my mom was like, “Henry. We shouldn’t have room for an additional bear” and he defined that he might repair all her damaged elements at his taxidermy store after which put her within the old-west saloon/courthouse that they constructed by hand throughout the pandemic and I believe this explains lots about my household.
So then my dad picked Ruth up in a bear-hug and waltzed her outdoors…
…previous Bone Crawford, the 12-foot-skeleton that I’ve been which means to take down for years however now has turn out to be a everlasting fixture.
After which he propped Ruth on a submit whereas he went to get his pick-up, proper because the neighbors drove by slowly, shaking their heads as they watched a bear wearing a choose’s robe cling drunkenly to a pole prefer it was Mardi Gras for bears.
“Ah, Jesus. They’re at it once more, Bernice.” ~ my neighbors, in all probability.
After which my mother and father drove away, with solely Ruth’s boots sticking up over the mattress of their truck, making it look to everybody they handed on the freeway as in the event that they had been transporting the very stiff corpse of a cowboy with extraordinarily bushy legs.
And that was how my Thanksgiving was.
