{"id":1271,"date":"2006-11-14T00:04:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:38:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:38:24","slug":"little-lessons-from-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1271","title":{"rendered":"Little Lessons from Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/LauraWedding2-20copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/LauraWedding2-20copy-300x217.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Have you ever sat down and tried to make a list of all the things you&#8217;ve learned from your parents? Aside from the *important* things, what are those little lessons that we learn by example? The (sometimes) inconsequential things that we remember a parent for?<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">I tried to make a list, without being too sappy:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Convince your daughter to have the expensive wedding. Worry later how you\u2019ll pay for it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">A good story deserves to be retold.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">A father is his daughter\u2019s fiercest protector. While the daughter may not appreciate all that yelling and screaming on her behalf (especially if she\u2019s a teenager) she should allow it to happen and be glad for his protection, because one day he won\u2019t be there to do it. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Do something with all those National Geographic magazines you\u2019ve been saving in the garage, before you die, so that your kids won\u2019t have to feel bad about throwing them away. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Pending loss and grief give rise to new friendships and make clear those that should give way.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Stamp your feet when you\u2019re angry. Your kids will remember you for it and laugh.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Let people take care of you when you need caring for. It helps them, even if it doesn\u2019t make you feel any better. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Mispronounce words, often.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Cooking sun-dried tomatoes, Jamaican beef patties, or hearts of palm will cause raised eyebrows at the dinner table. Getting angry about it will only make your kids laugh more. (When you\u2019re not looking, of course!)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Believe in life, always.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Because I needed to hear it today, the second anniversary of my dad&#8217;s passing, NPR&#8217;s All Things Considered aired a wonderful audio segment about a father and daughter called <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=6470006\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">A Father&#8217;s Last Days<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">. It was a sweet and sad reminder of the final months of my dad&#8217;s life and made me wish that I&#8217;d had the strength, humor, and foresight that Adrian had when helping her dad face the end of his life. Worth a listen, but have a tissue handy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever sat down and tried to make a list of all the things you&#8217;ve learned from your parents? Aside from the *important* things, what are those little lessons that we learn by example? The (sometimes) inconsequential things that we remember a parent for? 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