The Sweet Husband

Daddy and the Taxidermist

Only in my family would the following conversation between 85 and 66 year old sisters take place.

I have been meaning to ask you, did daddy ever tell you about mama wanting to have him stuffed after he died so that she could just keep him sitting in that rocker forever.

Yes, as a matter of fact, he did, he drove all the way to Arkansas to tell me about it, then had to borrow money from me to be able to get back home to that rocker.

What did you tell him about mama having him stuffed?

I asked him if he thought she was going to kill him so that she could have him stuffed or if she was going to wait for him to die of natural causes then do it.

Oh, I never thought of that, what did he say?

He said no, she was going to do it after he died from natural causes, so I told him not to worry about it, he wouldn't care then, and fed him supper and sent him back to Texas.

Tommie Lee, what did she say when you called her, because I know you called her before his tail lights got out of your driveway.

She said, dermatologist, I told him he needed to go to a dermatologist.