The Holidays are a Bowling Alley Bar, A Juke Box, Tons of Tinsel, and Family
When I was a kid, my parents co-owned a bowling alley with another couple. I literally spent every Saturday at the bowling alley, roaming the building, playing games, sitting at the bar drinking orange juice, and chatting with my parents' friends. Some of the best lunches I had as a kid took place at the bar. My dad would make my sister and I kielbasa, cut into tiny circles with a piece of cheese on each sphere. Instead of forks, we used toothpicks to eat. Some of the sweetest moments between me and my mom took place at the bar counter as well. I still remember cuddling up to her, my head on her chest, and her wool sweater itching my face, as she held me while drinking her grasshopper that my dad or Kathy, the bartender, had made her. The people who worked at the bowling alley were extended members of our family. Kathy would entertain my sister and I with a smile on her face. I am sure we got in her way more than once but we never knew it....