Once upon a Sangwich
A good story has the power to do a lot of things; it can convict, transform, empower, and challenge. Well-told-meaningful-stories have incited revolutions, discredited deep seated ideologies, and shaped history as we know it. And when you hear a good story, it stays with you. My friends will tell you, I have a great memory for stories. I can recall minute details, characters names, and dialogue at the drop of a hat. Ask me what 7 x 9 is, and I'll need a second to think (or take my shoes off...) ; but mention a scene from any Adam Sandler movie and I WILL quote back to you (in a less-than-accurate Sandler impression) every line. Would I like to be one of those people who has practical and marketable skills? Hell yes. Unfortunately, I was blessed with the not-so-necessary gift of movie, music, and tv trivia. Unintentionally, stories will imprint themselves in the deepest regions of my psyche. For years they will lie dormant —until one day, an off-handed