My daddy is improving sooo much! I love him like a dog loves a bone. Our relationship has gone thru many many changes but with each change things always get better. No we almost never see eye to eye, we are too much alike but as I get older I'm trying to see things from his point and surprisingly he is trying to understand me. Since my mother died I’ve felt so alone from adults. Even the relationship with my sister was strained but I'm happy to say that its getting better. I've always been really passionate about my point of view and sometimes I take it as a personal attack if you cant just hear me out. My father felt as the parent he knew what was best for me, and I would see why he could feel that way but I'm not a regular ‘child’. My mind runs at 100 miles per hour so he had to keep up and its not easy teaching an old dog new tricks.
The relationship changed when he realized I was really moving out of New York. I would no longer be in driving distance and, I'm assuming, having your child 3000 miles away made something click inside his head. He started to understand or perhaps pretend to understand why my whole heart was in writing. It took 24 years to have his full support and even though he desperately wants me to join the Air Force (That's never going to happen) he's willing to put on a good front where my writing is concerned.
So Even though my dad doesn't know my blog address, I want to say daddy I love you and I thank you for being in my very chaotic and cluttered corner. You are appreciated and I'm going to start visiting Brooklyn more often so I can spend time with my favorite guy!
-Tristan J
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