Flashbacks

A few nights ago, surrounded by basically my whole immediate family, while discussing some bad blood that had gone down years earlier when I was a little girl about a certain family member who I don't like because of malicious things she did even to my dad, while getting ready to voice my opinion, this happens:

Me - "Well, its only my opinion and I know it happened a long time ago....................................................(pause while I gather my thoughts)

Then all of a sudden, without missing a beat to his coloring, and who I didn't think was listening:

Ryan - "Mom, don't have a flashback. Nobody likes those."

We all just about died, especially me.

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Maybe I've been going about it all wrong, maybe listening to my 7 year old is all I need to do.