This final chapter is a Lines in the Gravel-type story from my own family of five. We’re building those same kind of memories in a new generation, one story at a time. On my blog (www.alainsworth.com), I often refer to the rest of my family as Mrs. Right, Big Sister, Older Brother, and the Little Fella.

Chili Dogs on China

Just a day before, I had finished my annual rant against china. Not the country. The dishes. For the first decade or so of Mrs. Right's and my marriage, I randomly chose moments to question the place of these rarely-used dishes in our home. The routine was more comedy routine than actual tirade. Here we were, a family struggling to stay a little bit ahead . . . but we had china for all those special occasions we hosted (Read: none) and...

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