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A teacher at my school is retiring. Tonight we had a feast in his honor. He has taught for 40 years – 35 of them at my school. He taught with BOTH my mother and my father. I don’t think there are any other teachers who did that. My parents never taught in the same school. (I will leave out the comments about how explosive THAT could have been…)
Lots of people were invited. Current faculty and staff, past faculty and staff, past students, family, etc. My father attended since this man was one of his close teacher friends. There were several other people there who were close to my father when he was Daddy Wolf, Techer Extraordinaire.
I saw my father in a new light. Maybe I’m a little slow. After all, it took me 48 years to see this side of him! Still….I was amazed and touched. There were two men in particular who he was close to for years and years. Apparently they were the Terrible Trio at school. Pranksters, friends, support for each other and a thorn in the side of whoever was on their hit list. All three of them were there….and they were drawn to each other like magnets! They hugged, sat together, hung out together, ate together – just like best buddies.
I’ve never seen my dad have a "best buddy". It was strange… and touching. Daddy dearest is human. And in a GOOD way. Years lifted away from his face. He was animated and enjoying himself. I stood back and watched with amazement.
OK – The man makes me crazy. (For example, I am going to NC to see my son graduate from college this weekend. I am driving. Daddy, dearest is freaking out. Not only do *I* have to call him every night….but he made sister, dearest promise to call him every night to tell him how I am as well. Not how SHE is – how I am. ARGH!) But I saw a side of him that other people see tonight. And I was pleased. I was tickled. I was delighted. I don’t have the words to express it entirely adequately…. wow.
See you guys in 4 days…after my son has graduated with a degree in MATH (where the heck did THAT come from? MATH????) from UNC. It’ll be a crazy whirlwind trip…but I bet I’ll have a story or two to tell. And just maybe….Young Stud will see something in ME that he has never seen before – and be glad.
Have a great safe trip !!
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Have a great time!
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Be safe and have fun. Sometimes it’s good to see our parents as humans 🙂
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Have a good trip! Math? I am impressed!
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Congrats to YS!!!!!!!!!! And it was SO good to have a Daddy entry!
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🙂 and have a safe trip, we are leaving for Arizona for a week and I have to call Hazel every day and tell her I am okay! LOL 🙂
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And what is wrong with having a degree in maths., pray?!! *grin* Congratulations to YS. And enjoy that weekend celebrating with him! How good that you were able to see a different, more positive side to your father.
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Have a safe trip and enjoy. My parents and my husbands parents made us call everytime we left them and drove home to be sure we were home ok …. and we only live 18 minutes away . Arrrrrgggggg … but in the general scheme of things ………hey … LOL 🙂
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Have a safe great trip, and congrats to him. Reunions can be a blast. I’m heading for one in October of a squadron I was with over 20 years ago! Hugz
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Oh, have fun!
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and happy mommy’s day lady. your kid got a math degree….. pretty cool.
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Amazing. I love this stuff. I love how you notice this stuff. ox
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My son graduated with a degree in Math. I think he took all my math ability.
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Math! EWWWWW! Ah, it’s the Young Studs of the world that keep me from having to deal with it. CONGRATS YS! Happy Mama’s Day, Wolfie…have a great trip!
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Wait does this then mean that ALL dad’s have a “human” side. Falls back in her chair and says oh man just when I think I got the dad species figured out something like this happens…..giggle Lael
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This was a sweet entry. Have a wonderful time at your son’s grad and happy Mother’s Day too.
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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY GOOD FRIEND! SMILES, 🙂
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Just dropping in to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day!!
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Ooo, congratulations to son! That’s awesome! I know my daughter got a degree last year in accounting.. LOL! If you knew how terrible I am in math you’d laugh, too! hehe. Glad to see the good moments with dad, very nice memories, eh? Happy Mom’s Day, SW.. hope you’re enjoying the weekend!
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How thrilling! I hope you have a safe trip and enjoy every moment of this wonderful event. Cheers!
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Enjoy the trip. RYN: if you like Gerard Depardieu, do you like LIam Neeson? *grin*
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i’m not making a cake after that warning. 🙂 and yes, i drove all the way to Pensacola on i ten, partially repaved and got the part. They were paving westbound so i went the back roads, which took a long time, but i was moving not sitting still in traffic with road ragers so it was worth every small bridge and farm truck. 🙂
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hope your trip is fabulous, that you avoid the road repavers, and have a blast! wow, dad’s are human too? 🙂 who’da thunk that?
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RYN: re. the drugs…how do you know they can be wonderful? how so?
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What a nice story about your dad. It’s great to see another side of dad, eh? Glad you got the opportunity to do that. Enjoy that trip and yes indeed, bring back some stories, wolfie style. 😉
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how did the trip go? Graduating with a degree in math is no easy feat, that rocks.. So wonderful that you’ve seen another side of your Dad, it’s a very special relationship, father and daughter..
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have a wonderful trip~~~ hurry back…
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