This was the first time in forever that it
was just her and I. It was so much
understated fun. We had lunch at Cracker
Barrel coming back to Massachusetts and then settled in for some couch potato
time to watch a movie she brought with her – The Fall.
It’s the kind of movie I never would have gone
out of my way to see but the visuals were awesome and while the story was a
little forced it was a truly remarkable film.
We then just kind of fell into working on my latest jigsaw puzzle together and
missed out on a planned movie theater excursion. We also fielded a couple phone calls,
including one from her mother/my wife in Panama.
My wife has complimented me on becoming a
better phone conversationalist during this year’s absence and my daughter now
knows the secret to my success. I work
on the puzzle while I talk (well she does most of the talking anyways).
We ended up spending a couple hours working together
on the puzzle and that turned out to be quality time. We were surprised so much time had passed and
headed out for a late dinner which turned out to be even more fun. There’s an easy camaraderie between us when
we start talking about writing, movies, or our latest favorite books. I’m firmly convinced she’s going to be a
famous writer someday. We finished the day (night) back on the couch watching Zodiac which amazingly I had never seen. It was such a good movie but it was a marathon and we didn't finish it until almost 1AM.
Any father who’s been lucky enough to have a
daughter knows there is a special relationship between fathers and daughters. While I can’t ever seem to get enough of
either of my kids, yesterday was the first time it was just her and I in a very
long time. No other competing events or
spousal considerations for either of us.
I was given the rare chance to just enjoy the remarkable young lady that
the little pig tailed dervish grew into. So . . . .Much . . . . Fun!!!!
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