Author Archives: ahiddibah

July 7, 2019   My brother, Tom, was a bartender. He worked at little dive bars mostly. Almost always he worked the graveyard shift from 12AM to 8AM. On days he was without a vehicle, I would get up and drive him to work. I would stay and have a drink and some food. IContinue reading “Brawl Buster Bartender”

July 7, 2019 My youngest son, Jesse, has always had ear issues. We figured this out early on. As a baby he struggled with ear infections and build up of ear wax in the canal. The infection would be behind the wax. They would have to clear the wax to even see if he hadContinue reading “Bugging Out”

July 5, 2019   My mom and dad divorced when I was three. My mom went on one date with a man at some point but that is a vague memory. For the most part she was single. She went to school, took care of us, and then found her career.   She introduced usContinue reading “Daughter of Girlfriends”

July 3, 2019 It’s been about five years since Doug and I broke up. He was able to move on and eventually got married. He is married to a lovely woman. They have a lot in common and met through their secret society. I, on the other hand, have a hard time meeting people. IContinue reading “Dating Post Doug”

July 3, 2019   Shinelli was the first Navajo word I learned. I used it often to call my dad’s mom. My grandma, my Shinelli. When I think of Shinelli, I smile. She always made me smile.   Ahiddibah was her gift to me just minutes after I was born. Naming her only son’s daughterContinue reading “Shinelli”

  July, 1, 2019   Dance was something that made my blood hum at an early age. I loved dancing. I danced everywhere. I loved it.   My only recall tidbits of my first performance of being a dancer. I was a strawberry. It was a tap dance. What I do remember is my AuntContinue reading “Dance”

June 29, 2019 Road to Teaching When I graduated high school, I had decided I wanted to become a teacher. I was pretty sure I wanted to be a high school teacher. When I enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). I enter the College of Education. During my first year in school,Continue reading “Road to Teaching”

June 28, 2019 I became a student council advisor sometime in my third or fourth year of teaching. I had watched from the sidelines, and it looked like fun. I had seen my friend Stacy and her kids hold dances and run spirit days. I wholeheartedly participated in all of them and always took theContinue reading “Baby Advisor”

June 28, 2019 The second time I got into trouble was when I got into a fight in junior high school. It wasn’t really a fight, so much as a one sided ass beaten by my part. Mikel Baxter, a girl who I had known since grade school. A girl who I had classes withContinue reading “Whore”

June 26, 2019 I met my best friend, Dani, when I was in second grade. We were in Mr. Buehecker’s class at Vail Pittman Elementary School. I’m not sure exactly how we paired up. Maybe we were table buddies. Maybe we made friends at the bike rake. Maybe we ate lunch together. Maybe it wasContinue reading “1st Best Friend”