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Happy Birthday to My Da 2021 Edition
Nov. 14th, 2021 09:29 amToday is my father’s birthday.
He is in his eighties but still very active.
He does the New York Times crossword puzzle every day and is very good at it.
My parents sold their house and moved to a condo last year which was still under strict COVID-19 restrictions as was more of the city.
This year they got their vaccine shots including the booster and can go out and do some of the activities that they love like to go out to dinner and the theater.
They are waiting for the time that they can go back to their globetrotting.
They are adjusting to their new normal.
My father is my IT department. If I have a computer question, he is my first call. If he doesn’t know, he knows where to look for the answer.
We share books, movies, and TV show that we like with each other especially if we think the other would like it. That is how Peter and I discovered Ted Lasso.
At a very early age I figured out that my father was very smart probably smarter than a lot of my fellow classmates’ dads. Plus, my dad got to play with lasers. I think I knew what laser meant before most of the world. Light Amplification by Stimulation Emission of Radiation. It should be Oscillation rather than Amplification, but no one wants to work with a loser. That joke is one I have heard over the years during my father’s lectures about lasers and I still find it funny.
My father made sure that we talked in a very neutral American accent which we called Newsman speak. When we lived in Boston, I was gentle corrected when I said a word in a Boston accent. I find it amusing when I tell someone I grew up in Atlanta and they say, ‘But you don’t have a southern accent.” That was my parents working very hard to keep us understandable no matter where we went. I do use y’all.
My father has a passion for photography. I see their travels through his lens, and he is very good at it. He has the eye for what would look good, and his composition is excellent. I can only hope to be half as good as he is.
My father shared his passions and interests with us. If he found something interesting, he wanted to share it with us. It led to some very interesting dinner conversation on all kinds of topics.
He wanted us to challenge ourselves and not take things at face value. We were taught to do our own research and find out all we can. I call this going down the rabbit hole which has led me some interesting places and solidified or changed my opinion about various subjects.
He taught us the scientific method and I use the basics on that just about every day.
He shared his sense of whimsy and love of worked play with us. I can remember on my eighteenth birthday the speech he gave me about being an adult and it is still among the best advice I have ever been given. I have the Spock figure he gave me that night to remind me of what was said.
I love my father very much and respect him.
Happy Birthday Dad! Hope the day brings you lovely memories.
I am so very grateful that my Dad is my Dad.
He is in his eighties but still very active.
He does the New York Times crossword puzzle every day and is very good at it.
My parents sold their house and moved to a condo last year which was still under strict COVID-19 restrictions as was more of the city.
This year they got their vaccine shots including the booster and can go out and do some of the activities that they love like to go out to dinner and the theater.
They are waiting for the time that they can go back to their globetrotting.
They are adjusting to their new normal.
My father is my IT department. If I have a computer question, he is my first call. If he doesn’t know, he knows where to look for the answer.
We share books, movies, and TV show that we like with each other especially if we think the other would like it. That is how Peter and I discovered Ted Lasso.
At a very early age I figured out that my father was very smart probably smarter than a lot of my fellow classmates’ dads. Plus, my dad got to play with lasers. I think I knew what laser meant before most of the world. Light Amplification by Stimulation Emission of Radiation. It should be Oscillation rather than Amplification, but no one wants to work with a loser. That joke is one I have heard over the years during my father’s lectures about lasers and I still find it funny.
My father made sure that we talked in a very neutral American accent which we called Newsman speak. When we lived in Boston, I was gentle corrected when I said a word in a Boston accent. I find it amusing when I tell someone I grew up in Atlanta and they say, ‘But you don’t have a southern accent.” That was my parents working very hard to keep us understandable no matter where we went. I do use y’all.
My father has a passion for photography. I see their travels through his lens, and he is very good at it. He has the eye for what would look good, and his composition is excellent. I can only hope to be half as good as he is.
My father shared his passions and interests with us. If he found something interesting, he wanted to share it with us. It led to some very interesting dinner conversation on all kinds of topics.
He wanted us to challenge ourselves and not take things at face value. We were taught to do our own research and find out all we can. I call this going down the rabbit hole which has led me some interesting places and solidified or changed my opinion about various subjects.
He taught us the scientific method and I use the basics on that just about every day.
He shared his sense of whimsy and love of worked play with us. I can remember on my eighteenth birthday the speech he gave me about being an adult and it is still among the best advice I have ever been given. I have the Spock figure he gave me that night to remind me of what was said.
I love my father very much and respect him.
Happy Birthday Dad! Hope the day brings you lovely memories.
I am so very grateful that my Dad is my Dad.
