I've been thinking of writing an autobiography or memoir but it just never comes together for me but I figured if I write one story at a time and post it on my blog maybe once a month, I can do that. Maybe one day I'll pull all the stories together and put them in a book but for now I'll just share some stories with you about my childhood and into adulthood. Some of the stories will be happy, some sad and some horrific because that was my childhood. But they will all be real, things that actually happened. If it seems like something that people enjoy reading maybe I'll keep it going. These stories will not be in any kind of order, I'll just write them as they come to me.
Mike and Dalene
Before my parents got married my dad had two friends named Mike and Dalene. They were a couple and my dad's best friends. When Mike got married, my dad paid for it and then later when my parents got married, Mike paid for it. After my parents got married Mike and Dalene broke up and Mike didn't take it so well. So a few months later when Mike found out that Dalene was dating another guy, Mike was really upset, took his gun with him and shot and killed Dalene's boyfriend.
Mike was arrested and went to jail for murder. I was a little kid and don't remember much but he only did 5 years in prison for it for some reason. I was 8 years old when Mike got out of prison and came by our house. I remember he was a big guy and wore dark sunglasses all the time. I remember my dad letting Mike take my younger brother and I to the store and Mike buying us both coats. When we got home my mom was freaking out because she had no idea where Mike had taken us and my dad thought it was funny, I was just happy with my new coat.
Sometime in the next year after Mike got out of prison, Dalene overdosed on sleeping pills. Mike had been trying to get back together with her and she wasn't having it. Within a few months of Dalene dying, Mike also killed himself by overdosing on pills of some kind. I remember when Dalene died that we all went to her motel/apartment (I'm not sure which it was) and gathered up her things and took them home. I don't remember much except that the door to her place was red and the walls inside her place were also red.
My parents had both Mike and Dalene cremated (I guess they didn't have any other family?) and we went out to where there was a lake during the Wintertime, because I remember the snow on the ground and they spread their ashes in the water. I remember some details but other details came from my dad telling me the story of them all the time as I got older.
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