Today people everywhere celebrate their fathers and father figures because fathers can be important mentors. I have seen a lot of really terrible fathers in the world, but I got one of the rare good ones, luckily. Some people rarely talk to their fathers about anything except the weather and the fact that the family dog had a seizure and died, but my dad and I, we talk about much more interesting things together--like the current economic trends and how silly consumerism can be, our disagreements about tactics for activism, and Ginger's newest fear of birds.
I'm not trying to brag about my dad, although he is worth bragging about. Without him I would be severely in debt at a young age, due to lack of money-management skills, and I would not yet have learned to see both sides of every situation. I think we have to notice those people in our lives who have such a positive impact on us and who we value so greatly for being a part of us. We have to take a moment, a breath, to think about those people and why we need them, why we have become who we are because of them, and who we might have become without them.
currently:
radiohead
couch-sitting
sunshine
making an agenda for SDS' first Zine meeting here at my place
funfetti cookies baked for my radical friends
coffee
sunday
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