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Sean of the South

The Little Kid in You

Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich

Personal Journals, S-town, Music, Alabama, Garrison Keillor, Storytelling, Story, Garden And Gun, Southern Living, Serial, Southern Culture, S Town, Old Radio, Lake Wobegon, Stories, Prairie Home Companion, Arts, Society & Culture, Live From Here, Story Podcast

5.0546 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

To subscribe to Sean's daily blog, https://seandietrich.com/subscribe/ For information on events or other Sean of the South news, visit https://seandietrich.com/ To sponsor an episode, email LauraBeth@SeanDietrich.com Sean Dietrich is a columnist, humorist, multi-instrumentalist, and stand-up storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living, Reader's Digest, Garden and Gun, and his column appears weekly in newspapers thr...

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Sean South starts now.

1:00.0

Yeah. South starts now. Dear Sean, I'm writing for advice. The message began.

1:06.0

I lost the whole right side of my lower face due to cancer before having it rebuilt,

1:12.9

and my surgeon was a genius. But I'm five years without cancer, but still my 12-year-old constantly worries about me and is afraid my cancer will come back. We've been to a lot. I tell her that I'm

1:19.1

okay, but it doesn't always help. What do I do? Well, dear friend, you're asking the wrong guy for advice.

1:29.3

"'See, I have no children.

1:30.9

"'The closest I ever came to having a child was when my wife got me a goldfish for Christmas.

1:36.2

"'I named him Gary.

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"'I travel for a living, so I took Gary with me everywhere since Gary would have starved at home alone

1:44.0

"'because, sadly,

1:45.3

Gary never learned to cook.

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So I carried Gary in a mason jar when I traveled.

1:50.8

He rode in the passenger seat.

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Late one night in Texas, I was checking into a hotel, and I plopped Gary's jar on the counter,

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