I have a visitor for the next few months staying with me Monday-Thursday night, an all too familiar figure in my life…my dad.
He’s been unsuccessful in the employment area for the past year plus since his company folded and so he took a flier on a job in Jersey, just over an hour from my house and 2 hours from his.
It’s been interesting so far, the past week. I’ve been living alone for so long that I’ve become very self-centric when it comes to living. I’m not used to having someone else around a lot, let alone providing for them.
Buying groceries for two is a lot different than just buying ones for yourself. Even better, my father and I have very different tastes. I live for spicy, he couldn’t handle my mild versions. I love veggie and health-conscious foods, he’s old-school and won’t touch them. It’s amusing, but makes me taking care of him and helping out more than I expected.
It’s interesting and I look forward to this time as a way for him and I to reconnect. We lost so much in the past, I’m hoping the next 3 months will allow us to get back some of what we lost. A lot of what he lost for and about me. Its my chance to show him changes in me since everything. My chance to show him that his son is no longer that past version, and instead closer to the one he knew as I grew up.
We’ll see how this goes…
