The Decision, 1982
by BT ~ July 17th, 2010.Twenty eight years ago as I was preparing to leave Cleveland for Cape Cod, I gathered my parents together in the living room for an hour-long argument that I dubbed “The Decision.”
“This summer, I’m taking my talents to Old Silver Beach,” I announced.
“What talents?” asked my father. My parents had other questions as well. They asked, “Who wants to leave Cleveland to live near a beach? Isn’t $120 million good enough for you? How about if we fire the coach?”
It was an awkward discussion. Finally I turned to my brother, who had the family nickname of Jim Gray, and I gave him a dollar to ask me questions instead of my parents. He asked me if I bit my nails.
So I gassed up the car that my parents bought me, and I’ve been here ever since. I love the warm weather, but I hate the heat.
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