In the latest No, But Seriously I interview my dad. Father's Day is coming up, and I couldn't think of a better way to mark it than by talking with the ol man. Look for the full edition in Cass County INFO on Friday. In the meantime, here's a snippet:
Being a Dad is weird. No one tells you how to do it. You just sort of get thrown in to the situation. See, Dads aren't born with an innate instinct on how to do stuff. We don't automatically know how to comfort a screaming baby, change diapers, or how to not fall asleep while the toddler shoves kitchen utensils down the toilet. We can barely keep ourselves presentable, let alone put our daughter's hair in a decent looking pony tail. We just don't grasp some of these concepts. They weren't hard wired into our psyche.
Plus, the dirty secret that no one tells you about being a dad is that once your baby is born and you're officially a Dad...you don't matter anymore. You sort of become a side note. It seems like no really cares what you're up to. This is especially true at family gatherings & functions where the talk centers around mom and the labor pains she went thru and what color poop the baby has. Which is fine... I mean, WE weren't the ones shoving a watermelon thru a drain pipe, right? Now, the second we let the kid eat a tub of play doh, or feed them chocolate pudding for breakfast, suddenly we're front and center. If this comes across as sounding bitter, believe me, I'm not....I promise!
In this installment of No, But Seriously, I interview my Dad, Gene. He was born and raised on a farm with 3 younger brothers in rural Howard county, went to Northwestern High School, was a football star, was offered a full ride scholarship to play at the University of Oklahoma, which he declined, went to work at Delco, got married to his high school sweetheart, had two kids, raced sprint cars on two different occasions, owned at least 3 Corvettes and a Harley, was a prominent figure in the UAW, is a very talented archer, hunter, and golfer. He's also one of the funniest people I've ever met.
Again, look for the full No, But Seriously in the latest edition of Cass County INFO on Friday!
