By Bud Koenemund
A 100 Word Story
It’s not the
money; let’s be clear about that from the start. Though $140 for the special
edition, collectible bottle of whiskey she needed to complete her set wasn’t
cheap, I had the money… and a desire to please her.
No, the issue is the glaring
example of my continued foolishness; of how – during a global pandemic – I set
out upon a quest for this grail: an item she’d mentioned once, months before,
during a late-night discussion about things we collect. For me, another lesson
in idiocy; thinking that showing I cared for her, and listened to her, mattered.
