Page 29 - ADU Voice Volume 3 Issue 2

FALL 2023 · voice 29

in the sheet metal barn my great-grand- “
father built. Listening to a calf bawling
for his mother to feed him or a whippoor- I may have spent most of
will bird in the distance making the same my life living overseas,
repetitive “whip-poor-will” sound while
I drifted off to sleep under several layers but these are the
of handmade quilts in a cold upstairs memories I always return
room. Then waking up in the morning to to no matter where I am.

the smell of fresh eggs cooking, biscuits They help keep me sane
baking and coffee brewing. I may have in an insane world.
spent most of my life living overseas, but
these are the memories I always return
to no matter where I am. They help keep
me sane in an insane world.