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Steven Collis

Steven Collis: Potty Training in a Gas Station Bathroom

May 13, 2011 by PBQ

I read once that some potty-training children emotionally invest in their first crap, as if it were a part of them they don’t want to lose. So in the gas station bathroom, my wife sobbing in the car, I try to show patience as Campbell frets over his poop bobbing in the toilet. But my […]

Filed Under: Contributors 75, Fiction, Fiction 75, Issue 75 Tagged With: Contributors 75, Fiction, Fiction 75, Steven Collis

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