The Eyes of My Father
My father always seemed old. Okay, maybe older is a better word. He never seemed ancient and he certainly has never been like "old guy." Old guy is a guy in my office that is slightly 10 years older than me but has seemed old since probably the day he was born. I swear to God his mother gave birth to him and he came out in a tie gripping about those nasty kids. He drives a Cadillac, need I say more? My father never even seemed older in the way that young people view those 10 years their senior. Like they some how came from a world alien in from their own. A world with completely different culture, values and rituals when it comes to growing up. No, my father just seemed like a father. He mostly stood in an adult world but still had or toe or two in the world of a child. As I cross through the midpoint of my life I often look at myself in terms of my father. I consider my age and the stage in life of my son. I think about how when I was at that point, my father s