123Greetings Newsletter: Father's Day, Cheer Up, Sneak A Kiss Day, Friendship
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Happy Father's Day! Especially to those studs out there who are celebrating it for the first time! I've already sent my dad his present--I hope he likes it...
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Father's Day [Jun 15]
A couple of days ago, my sister Liz and I spoke about Dad, and we decided to get him a little something together for Father's Day. We talked about the times when we were growing up and how Mom and Dad used to play the "good cop, bad cop" thing on us. We always asked Dad, first, if we wanted something because we knew that the probability of getting a "yes" was higher. Dad wanted us to learn from our decisions, whereas Mom always asked us questions and made sure we did our chores first.
Dad has been a person of little words since we were kids. He raised us more by example than anything else. When he spoke, though, we listened, and he was always enigmatic. There was always a hidden meaning that I never got, but Liz always managed to decipher him. By the time I got to high school, I had wanted a whole bunch of skateboard gear and I figured I was too old to ask money from my parents so I worked at a burger joint. One day, I was really angry about flipping burgers. I came home huffing and puffing, having one of my teenage angst-ridden rampages. Dad saw me and asked me what the matter was. I told him that I was fed up with flipping burgers. He said that we all have to start somewhere, he said that we may not know it now, but the skills we learn even in a burger joint, might come in handy later in life. "Who knows, you might end up having to run a restaurant or even own one when you grow up," said Dad. He calmed me down and I kept what he said in mind, even though I really didn't agree with it.
A couple of years later, when I got to college, I worked in a restaurant. During one of the really busy days that we had, we were short on kitchen staff. The patrons were getting restless and the orders were getting delayed. We were sure any minute that a riot would break out. I couldn't stand the tension any more, so I rolled up my sleeves, got myself a hair net and helped out in the hot kitchen. We caught up with the orders eventually. The owner saw what I did and called me over around closing time. He said that he was very impressed. He raised my salary and made me the assistant manager even though I could only go in part time. That's when I realized that what my dad said to me all those years before was absolutely true.
I've never forgotten what my dad said that day. And whenever I have to do something that requires new skills, no matter how small or insignificant it seems, I have a new perspective that it might really help me later on or even right now and I just don't know it. Experience is everything and it counts a lot when you take lesson from it. That's my life's philosophy.
Cheer Up
Adrian is another guy I'm really glad to have around. He cracks me up all the time at home with his assortment of characters he acts out at dinner or in the morning. I'm not a morning person at all, and you better watch out if I haven't had my caffeine. But Adrian always manages to wake me up with his sense of humor. He's a fantastic roommate. I'm really inspired by him because he's living the dream we both shared once upon a time.
I've been down a bit lately and not really wanting to do anything except go to work and do the regular routine stuff. Adrian must've sensed something was up with Laura and me, but he didn't ask me directly. He started acting out all the Robin Williams and the Jim Carrey characters. He made me laugh and I kept smiling. Then he became Adrian again and said, "So what's up man? What's been bothering you lately? You've been such a grumpy roommate for the past week and I don't know how much I can take of that." He was really concerned. So I spilled the beans--I told him about my break up with Laura. I told him that I haven't really been feeling well since then.
Adrian told me not to worry about it. He said, "You never know what's waiting for you around the corner, Bob." He told me to cheer up, and that he's going to get some friends together to go out for drinks tonight. He really knows how to get you laughing and smiling. Sometimes I think Adrian should've been a comic instead of an actor. I think it's really important to have friends who have a great sense of humor, you never know when you're going to need them, right?
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