The Day After

Many years ago, my wife Berniece and I took our children Nykeshia, Rashan and Avery on a trip to visit their aunt Virgie in Houston. They were at the age that they would rather hang around with their friends (pre-cell phone days) than with mom and pop, taking a long trip. Nonetheless just as Chevy Chase was insistent when he took his kids on vacation in the movies, so was I on the trip to Houston. The first question asked was, how long will the trip take. When I said about six hours, you should have seen their faces. Suffice to say, Keshia, Shan and Avery knew that this was a fight that they w...