\nMe and my dad at my undergrad graduation, Photo by Rima Laviano<\/i><\/p>\n
I was thinking early this morning about some of the funny stories from my childhood, and how I’d like to be able to preserve them. The crazy thought popped into my brain to start sharing them on my blog, so I plan to write a post about each one of my family members with at least one story about them, starting with my dad.<\/p>\n
I probably have more stories about my dad than about anyone else in the family. My dad is still a kid at heart, I think, and he spent a lot of time with all five of us children when we were growing up. He read us bedtime stories, he helped us build forts, he played sports with us, and he laughed at our childish jokes.<\/p>\n
When I was about five years old or so, I decided to plant a maple seed (or “helicopter” as we called them because of the way they would spin around when falling from the trees) so I could grow my own maple tree. I planted the seed in the backyard out near the shed, and lo and beyond a green plant sprouted! My dad noticed that I was very attentively caring for a little plant in the backyard, but instead of being a maple sapling, it was a poison ivy plant! Without my knowing it, he replaced the poison ivy with a proper maple sapling, and I was none the wiser until my teenage years when my dad finally told me the story.<\/p>\n
\nMe and my dad at my undergrad graduation, Photo by Rima Laviano<\/i><\/p>\n
My dad is currently living in the same house my siblings and I grew up in (in Virginia) with his wife Keson. I don’t talk to my dad or visit him nearly enough. My favorite things to do when I visit him are tossing the football around and working on cars with him. I enjoy weeding the garden with him, or changing the oil in the truck. It’s some good quality time.<\/p>\n
This question of the day is aimed at my siblings: Any good dad stories to add?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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