WHITE-WALKER: You asked for it

By Karen White-Walker Niagara Gazette Readers are ‘begging’ me to write more about my relatives. Can you believe it? “My own family doesn’t seem so crazy now after ‘meeting’ your crew,” exclaimed one man. Not all my readers are so complimentary. One person went so far as to write, “You make me sick because you think everybody in your family is soooo special, but you’ve never met mine!” If they’re anything like her, I don’t want to meet them. She sounds so angry, her relationships can’t be THAT good. But one thing is certain — as human beings we all laugh, cry, regret, rejoice and stupidly ask the futile question why? Such is the case of one of my closest cousins. He’s dreadfully smart, disgustingly good-looking and wittier than most — I hate him. That’s not true — I love him. His only cross in life is that he’s gay. I’m... [read full story]