Tag: Hit

Uncle Sam, Age 65, Raced Through 30 Years of His Life to Hit Retirement. He Got Lost

Uncle Sam isn’t a real Sam. Sam in Cantonese means 3. Uncle Sam is the 3rd brother in his family. We got acquainted when I was younger. Uncle Sam was my direct neighbor. He was a kind man. I played with his children, and our families had dinner(s) together after work. He would routi...

Chapter 10: The day we hit the road

Our house is never cleaner than when we’re about to go away. In our dash to get out the door, T wonders out aloud whether it’s really worth washing the floor. “It’s disgusting,” I reply. “There’s Weetbix crusted on to it.” Everyone knows Weetbix is ...

The Night the Storm Hit

When the morning tide came in you could tell it was going to be a big one. I live in Arverne, a neighborhood in the Rockaways, and in the morning when I was walking up Thursby Avenue I could already see the water coming in on that first tide. But no one was really panicking yet. We get flooding from...