Two Dedicated Young Women
You can see
how my daughters evaluate my fashion sense here. Below is what serves as filial piety in our
home, salvaged from the refrigerator on a recent birthday:
The top 25 reasons why we like, I mean
love our pops
25) Cuz he
says "yo" a lot
24) He boldly
dares to go where no man has gone before
23) He loves
his ma, even though she is a bit of a nut job at times
22) Because of
him NPR is comforting to us
21) He can
fart in 6 different octaves
20) He uses
such "quaint" terminology
19) Cuz w/o us
he practically never matches
18) Cuz he
loves "hoke"
17) He speaks
any language he chooses to
16) He knows
the name for every plant and animal in the state of ca.
15) Cuz all of
his shoes have Velcro on them
14) Because he
took Nat on hikes every morning when she was little
13) Cuz he
knows how to make any thing, and he has all the parts for it
12) He keeps
dead birds in the freezer
11) He always
shares his money when he has it
10) Cuz he has
a song for every occasion
9) Always
willing to help on any weird project, even a dollhouse that will never be
finished
8) Because he
trusts our judgment
7) Because he
never snoops through our stuff
6) Cuz he let
us keep whichever animal we found, even some he found for us (including
boyfriends)
5) Because he
could eat stir fry every night for the rest of his life with out getting sick
of it
4) He always
knows how to help us on our homework
3) He gives
good advice
2) He chooses
the best fashion advisors ever
1) He always
manages to make time for us