Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

bring himself to cash it.”

“He kept it in his recipe box for eighty-six years,” I said, the silver charms on my wrist clinking as I touched the edge of the termination letter.

“And my mother was left with nothing,” Evelyn said. “She watched the billboards go up all over the country, knowing her word was on every single one of those blue and yellow cans.continue reading …