My Sister-in-Law Pushed Me Into Hot Oil at Christmas Dinner Then I Realized My Phone Was Recording

with careful hands and calm voices. The pain came in waves. Sometimes it was a sharp electric sting. Sometimes it was a deep throbbing heat that seemed to pulse with my heartbeat. The doctors told me I was fortunate the oil had missed my face, abdomen, and hands. They said it gently, as though good fortune could be measured by which part of a person continue reading …