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A Letter to You, Dad
Do you remember that old song you used to sing to me, Dad? You know which one I’m talking about. The Good Old Summertime, I believe it was called. I have no idea who sang it and am unfamiliar with most of the words except that one part, that one line that you changed a little, just for me. “You’ll be my tootsie-wootsie in the good old summertime,” you would sing while strumming your guitar as you held me on your lap. That was me. I was your tootsie-wootsie, your term of endearment for your youngest child and only daughter.
By Cathy holmes4 years ago in Men
Stories My Dad Told Me
Introduction This was originally for the Vocal “Dads Are No Joke” Challenge being judged by Nikesh Shukla but I am entering it into the "Fathers Footprints" one below as well. I may write another left-field entry that refers to this.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Men
Dear mystic man
Dear mystic man, The first question I have is one for me: where do I start? My feelings about you have become so confused and conflicted in the time that you've been gone, since we had our falling out and since you blamed me for her passing, even though if anyone's hands were bloody we both know they were yours. I wish I could just focus on the good, and remember you as the man who was my one and only mentor, the teacher I never knew I wanted and the father-figure I always needed, a man who was willing simply to grant me that time and attention that I needed in order to flourish and bloom. Unfortunately, the way things unfolded has left me with little freedom and no simple choices for the framing, as both shadow and light meet within your being, at the eternal line carved between good and evil in the hearts of mankind.
By Insinq Datum4 years ago in Men
