Our Story

I don't know what it means. Anything. Things happen. The present moves forward, always. And I am always one step behind, it seems. But maybe, that's how we all feel.

When I was a kid, I'd always say, "Tell me a story." And I'd listen to a story. Most stories have a beginning, middle, and an end. And someone would start, "Well..." and I'd know that it was the beginning of a story. When someone said, "And then....and then..." I knew it was the middle of a story. The end of a story is not really the end. That's the thing. No one says to a kid, "I'm telling you a story, but the end isn't really the end." No. The kid grows up and realizes that the end of the story moves forward, into a darker place.

Tony told me a story once. He said, "Well, Curt, we're gonna do this and that." Then, he said, "And then we're going to do this and that." Then, he said, "Finally, this will happen and lead to that." That's how he ended his story.

In our story, many things happen. In our story, it is ok, I am learning, to feel one step behind. The present is always moving forward. How does our story end?