“Where were you today?” Daddy asked me at supper.
Momma shot me a look of whatdya mean where was she today?
“I was at school, the place I go every day. Where did you think I was?”
“I thought you were over by the St. Francis floodway. I followed a yellow corvette all afternoon. It wasn’t you.” He shook his head and grumbled as though bitterly disappointed he didn’t catch me messing up.
“Of course it wasn’t me.”
I knew better than to skip school. In Mississippi County even when you didn’t know what you were doing, everyone else did.
Grace Grits and Gardening
This post was written especially for Write Tribe 100 Words on Saturday. Prompt:Â She Had The Last Laugh.
 Today was my Daddy’s birthday. He would have been seventy-seven.  He died twenty years ago…
Thomas Tate
He is missed. I ‘m going to spend the day with Daddy. & Graham today!
Have fun! Tell Gerald hello.
So true! Even today!
Small town thang…:)
I nodded when I read this. Someone told my mom she had not only seen me out of school, but also speeding in our family’s car up and down the “strip” (US Highway 65) in Sedalia MO, where I grew up. Never mind that was unusual behavior for me–no amount of pleading could change my mom’s mind, and I was grounded. Turned out it was another girl who had the same hairstyle as I did and drove exactly the same car. SIGH.
You know we are twinkies, right Laura?
If you’re gonna skip school, you don’t drive a yellow Corvette!
So true.
My hometown was so small, you couldn’t get away with anything! Not that I tried of course 😉
Of course not:)
Everyone knows what you’re up to when you live in a small town. I can tell you still miss your dad . . .
Blessings!
At least you TOLD him it wasn’t you, tee hee. I’m sorry you lost him so young. I lost my daddy when young, too. (((Hugs)))
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Cute post! Little miss innocent…right? RIP T. T. A good day to head back to the farm!
I know Thomas is proud of his girls. The way all three of you have lived life and pressed forward.
God Bless
Wish I could have seen you tooling around in that yellow Corvette. Small towns make for lots of tattle tales and gossip!