Several years ago, I wrote a smart-ass Valentine’s Day piece. In summary, it was social commentary regarding the pointless nature of an imaginary holiday that the naive among us laud and the jaded among us disdain for the same reason:
It’s romantic.
Category Archives: Life or Something Like It
Thoughts of My Father
I often wonder: when I pass from this Earth, “How will I be remembered?”
Three years ago, in the early morning, on a Wednesday, my father passed, and it was very apparent how he was remembered. His funeral was literally standing room only and it lasted more than four hours. Person after person took the podium and extolled his virtues, each with an individual perspective of who my father was to them.
In my childhood, my father was someone who could only be described as “tough.” In our lives there was no room for back-talk or bad manners or even warmth. Music didn’t grace our home. Jokes and humor were dismissed as frivolous. Discipline was constant, and religion and educational studies were paramount.
Filed under Life or Something Like It, Parenting
The Day the Wall Came Down
Today marks a significant anniversary for me personally and, as I consider its import, I’m struck by how little attention it has received—how little attention it always receives, year after year.
Filed under Life or Something Like It, Parenting
