Up North on a Hard Anniversary

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CW: INFANT DEATH, STILLBIRTH



A lot of Midwesterners seem to just have a cabin up north. (It's always "up north," too. I don't know what people at the top of the state do? Have a cabin in Canada, maybe?) At any rate, we have never been those people. I mean, statistically, we must be the majority? There are famously a LOT of lakes in Minnesota, but there's no way that we're somehow the only ones left out of this phenomenon. However, a shocking number of my friends have inherited or bought some lakeside property somewhere north of Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Luckily, my friends are very generous. Right around this time of year, almost every year for the past twenty or so, we've managed to finagle an invite to our friends Gerriann and Barb's place on Crooked Lake in Wisconsin. Today is a good day for Shawn and I to be away from home. ( see content warning, but there are only a few specific details below )