When I was a girl, the major holidays were always a big deal for our family.
I was one of six kids, and my mom and dad both had a slew of siblings.
Each Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a few other holidays and birthdays, the whole extended family would party for a big meal or a cookout when the weather was nice. My Uncle Sam stood out among all my family members. Sam was always so cool and laid back, and was the only one of my Uncles who liked playing with the kids. Some years later I found out that Sam was always stoned on medical cannabis, which is why he was so much fun to hang out with. Of course back in those afternoons it wasn’t called medical cannabis, because that had yet to be officially legalized by the government. In other words, Sam didn’t have a prescription, because no healthcare experts in the country were allowed to prescribe medical cannabis, Sam just liked to smoke weed. Some years later, when I was a teenager, I went over to Uncle Sam’s property to ask him how I could find some medical cannabis to smoke with my friends. Sam and I went inside, and he pulled out what was – at the time – the most medical cannabis I had ever seen in my life. Sam must have had over a pound of medical marijuana, and he pinched off a little moist nugget for me. Sam gave me a deal, that he would stand and smoke medical cannabis with me, even though he wouldn’t provide me any weed to take to my friends.