I found this story very relatable because I see a lot of myself and my grandpa in McDuffie’s grandfather. We both love telling a good story or joke, whether to impress someone or to get a rise out of them. We both know a little bit about everything so we’re very good at small-talk, or at least faking it. And I’m not sure about my grandfather but I know I lie to people all the time because they never know whether or not I am being serious. Also, the grandfathers repeated failures that he tried to disguise as calculated mistakes rings true in my heart too; always telling myself I’ll learn from it this time. The bit about McDuffie’s grandfather building one of their houses touches me as well because for years, my grandpa was a carpenter and he built every house he lived in as well.
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