Against All Odds: My Story
“One of the few positive memories I have of him is the day he picked me up and let me straddle his broad shoulders while he carried me to the banks of the Red River, looking across the water toward Texas. We spent the entire day fishing and talking, just the two of us. When I flash back on that scene now, it seems like an image I saw in a movie: father and son on a riverbank with fishing lines stabbed out over shining water—a perfect image of togetherness. But as soon as we got home with the few... fish we had caught, Dad left for the local beer joint. He didn't return until much later that night, drunk again.One night, Dad and my Uncle Buck wanted to go out drinking and they needed some money. Mom had only five dollars left with which to buy food for Wieland and me, and she refused to give it to Dad. “Just take that money from Wilma,” Uncle Buck urged.“That's right. Give me that money!” Dad bellowed.“No, Ray,” Mom replied calmly. “You're not going to get this money. I'm saving it to buy food for the children.”Uncle Buck cajoled my dad, “Ray, punch her in the mouth and get that money.”MoreLess
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