When you buy bagels at a store where they pre-sliced them, they’re often cut through the center of the bagel, and a lot of people cut them that way at home as well. That means if somebody takes the top half, which often has toppings on it, like sesame seeds or poppy seeds, what’s left […]
bagel, cutting, father, slice
Somebody was complaining to my father about a friend who was disappointing them quite a bit over a pretty long period of time. My father listened to all the examples they gave and considered it for a bit and then said three words, “Find another friend.” It was an example of my father’s purely logical […]
advice, approach, father, Friend, logical
My father’s birthday was June 15th, very close to Father’s Day, and often it’s been the same day as Father’s Day, but throughout my father’s life, when he was alive, he didn’t want us to celebrate Father’s Day and his birthday together. He insisted on separating them, which I always thought was out of character […]
celebration, character, father, out of character