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Family & Friends - Dad (18 stories selected)
Stories Listed by Date (page 1 of 2)Abandoned (story 1 of 18)I was three as I watched my mother and father fight. I dont remember him at all. my only memory comes from that day. I did not know that my father took drugs, so I was surprised to learn this when I was 10. But on the day when I lost him, I could tell something wasnt right.When mom was shopping he was in the living room with me trying to teach me the alphabet. Remember, I was three years old. I got one letter wrong, he took me and threw me, from the doorway of my room, onto my bed.I dont reme... My Father (story 2 of 18)My Father’s Number Where is Rock Bottom? (story 3 of 18)Nobody hated my father more than my grandfather did. That idea sounds so cliche: You're not good enough for my daughter. But if you'd had been in the fatherly position my grandpa was in, you wouldn't have been fond of the man either. He was a rugged looking man, the kind every dad has nightmares about him coming to the door. He was ten years older than my sixteen year old mom, which is enough to make anybody extremely uncomfortable. He already had a daughter with another woman who he saw ever... Fishing (story 4 of 18)My earliest memories are of the camping trips our family would take for two weeks at a time each summer and they are the best memories I have. I specifically remember one trip to a campground in Maryland where my father and I went fishing together. I remember hiking with him on a roundabout trail to the river. At the time, I was so young that I couldn’t tell my right from my left and as we would come to forks in the trail, he would ask me which way we should go as a way of teaching me. Misunderstanding (story 5 of 18)It was during science class when it happened. One of my close friends, Cherry, was talking about how a mutual acquaintance would not stop talking about how great her father was. Cherry understood that people should respect their parents, but she honestly did not care whether or not another girl's father liked the color blue. I remember laughing and saying, "Wow, she never says anything to me about her dad. I think she thinks my dad died!" Remember (story 6 of 18)I haven't seen my father in 7 years. I remember everything about the last time I saw him, thinking I was going to a grandparents, but really leaving forever. Stalag XX-B (story 7 of 18)We held the rear, fighting hard to keep the enemy at bay Skinny (story 8 of 18)My dad was very wiry when he was young, so much so that the Navy initially turned him down in WWII because he did not weigh enough, being almost six feet tall and weighing around 125lbs. When the induction doctor turned my dad down, he told dad that if he really wanted to join up, to go out and purchase five pounds of bananas, eat them, and come in to get re-weighed, which my dad did. Friend (story 9 of 18)A true friend, my definition: Carried Away (story 10 of 18)The most enduring and happy memory of my father is being carried to bed when I fell asleep on the couch. My entire family would watch movies on TV and I would inevitably conk out before the end. During a commercial or after the movie Dad would carry me upstairs and tuck me in. He would lift me up and put me on his shoulder. I'd wake up just enough to understand what was happening and hug his neck tight. In my half conscious state I remember feeling warm, safe and loved.
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