Chapter 10December 25: Ramon
This call was not going the way I’d expected. Not at all. Based on the past fifteen years, what I expected from any given Christmas Day interaction with my parents (whether face-to-face or not) included:
Interrogation about my personal life, specifically, was I dating someone they wanted to hear about; if so, what kind of work did she do, did her family live in Los Angeles, where did her family come from, how many children did she want, and had we talked about marriage yet.
A brief inquiry about my professional life, specifically: how was the job going, okay, moving on.
Some highlights from Mama’s current job, which was supervising her grandkids because my brothers worked crazy hours like our dad and their wives worked too.
A long discussion, mostly one-si
