I had a nice conversation with my father out on the patio. He said he was reluctant to give me any advice but he did anyway. It was about parenting. He said all you can do is love your kids and be there for him. Kids have to figure things out themselves and our job is not to have judgment on them.
He said what goes around comes around, just remember to always do the right thing. Be able to appreciate the little things. My father said he does not hold grudges.
I felt like my dad was passing on pearls of wisdom. Unsolicited but he somehow felt that he wanted to share this with me. I appreciated it as I am a very deep person and love to have these types of conversations. I often struggle with how to bring up such topics or providing an environment for them to organically occur. So this was a treat for me!
I could listen to my dad talk for hours. Funny as a child I thought he talked a lot. Now I love to hear him ramble on. I can hear how labored he gets talking. He has to pause and sometimes I can hear him breathing hard. It saddens me to hear him struggle with things that were once so easy for him.
What I will say, is that my dad has NOT lost his sense of humor!
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