The day Aunt Sparky racked me Hey y’all. When I was in the 4th grade, I was hit so hard in the balls I peed blood. Do I have your attention?
It was awful. We were living with my grandparents in Garland. The house was full: It was Grandma, Grandpa, my Aunt Tammy (who was in high school), my Aunt Sparky (who was all of three years older than I), my sister Brandy and me.
Sparky — whose real name was Yolanda — and I fought all of the time. As kids, we were awful to each other. But as adults, she was one of my favorite people on the planet.
When we lived with the grandparents, she was my nemesis. She always insisted I “respect my elders!” She was in 7th grade, so she was my elder — I guess.