by Kevin Banet | Sep 6, 2025 | Family, Generations, Reminisce
Holding the Future in My Arms Somewhere on the streets of Chicago, there walks a young woman in her late 20s. I’ll call her Mona. When she was only about a month old, I held her in my arms. But sadly, I haven’t seen her since. Before she was born, on a cold winter...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 29, 2025 | 60's Boy, Family, Generations, History, Reminisce, Senior stories
Resilience in the Face of Life’s Difficulties The other day while scrolling online, I stumbled across a meme that stopped me in my tracks. It was macabre in design — a grinning skull, dark shadows around it — with the words: “Death smiles at everyone. Only the veteran...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 22, 2025 | 60's Boy, Family, Generations, Reminisce
The Pull of Family Togetherness My recent article on family togetherness in an Appalachian family prompted me to see how similar my own family was years ago. In eastern Kentucky, the Sutherlands — a family of eight adults and their children — pulled together when...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 14, 2025 | Family, Generations
A Story of Kinship in Eastern Kentucky This is a fictionalized story inspired by real accounts, based on a Louisville, KY Bellarmine University thesis. The research paper was on Appalachian Kinship and authored by Taryn Rollins. Marshall, Kentucky, sits tucked into...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 14, 2025 | Family, Generations, Senior stories
More Than a Silly Phone Prank One day, I was out of town visiting my aunt when the phone rang. It was her son. “Is your refrigerator running?” he asked. “Why, of course it is,” she replied. “Well, you better stop it before it gets away!” It was a silly, well-worn...
