Note: This column was published on June 16, 2007, in the Topeka Capital-Journal. I was fortunate to be on a project, Page 2, that provided me with an opportunity to be a sports columnist for a few years and interview athletes like Dane Iorg, a hero during the 1985 World Series. I later framed the […]
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Hey, Dad. It’s been a while since I’ve written you. Of course, I “talk” to you every day. I’m sure I will until the day I join you in the afterlife. Tomorrow will be our second Father’s Day without you. Last year was one of the best I’ve had and by far my best as
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About a month after the Joplin tornado in 2011, Dad and I spent Father’s Day driving from the Topeka area to Southwest Missouri. We took that trip to see the damage in Joplin, as much as anything, but we also visited several places dear to his heart. Along the way, we had a breakfast at
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“You know, you’re not our dad.” Those words came at the end of a conversation during a family gathering. I was disciplining two of kids, trying to pass on what I’d learned from my father. Those words cut like a knife. I calmly left a room full of family members, walked upstairs, tears welling in
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Losing weight is hard, no doubt about it. But losing weight without support is impossible. I’m reminded of that on Father’s Day, as one of the biggest supporters in my journey from 315 pounds to 192 pounds has been my dad. When I moved back home in 2010, he took me in rent- and bill-free.
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