There were a lot of touching Father’s day posts last weekend. Melissa Janda just posted hers… she wins. I don’t even really understand why I’m crying, but… just read, OK?
No, this is not a lesson on grammatical errors. No misplaced modifiers or dangling participles here. If only those were the most difficult lessons I had to learn. If only.
I have actually uttered those words. Yes, in a sentence, in that order during the early morning hours of Father’s Day on June 19, 1988.
I was certain my teeth had been knocked out, could easily be retrieved from the car, temporarily placed in a glass of milk, and then put back in my head. “Easy peasy, lemon squeezy,” as my daughter would say. But as I spoke those words I came to realize that was not the case.
The words didn’t come out as I had intended, in fact, they were barely intelligible to me. My mouth and chin moved unnaturally and felt as if they were going to slide off my skull. Why couldn’t I speak properly? My hand…
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June 19th, 2013 at 6:38 pm
Yeah. She wins. That is definition of parental devotion.
June 19th, 2013 at 6:39 pm
I was shaking before I even got to the part about her dad, and then I could just picture it so easily. I haven’t been in that situation with my own kids yet, but… yeah. I like her dad a lot. 🙂
June 19th, 2013 at 10:22 pm
I read this at Melissa’s blog. What a horrifying story. But the devotion of her dad is very touching.