It Takes Two

I always knew my dad was the smartest in the world. I agree with Obi-Wan Kenobi when they say that their dad was the best at Algebra homework. Mine was too. My dad and I had a special connection. My mother was a teacher and you would think that I would ask my mom for help on homework but I would always rather ask my dad to help me. He had a way about him that made me understand and not shut down. Now, the real question is when did I realize that my mother knew what she was talking about? Not until I gave birth to my first child. The minute I held my son in my arms was when I finally understood my mother.

Lesson Learned: Mom knows what she is talking about too. Sometimes it helps to listen to her.

Submitted by: VA Friend

Obi-Wan Kenobi

I've always known that my daddy knows everything and everyone. You can ask him any question and he's got an answer. He can be in any state and someone will come up to him with a big smile saying how long its been since they've seen one another. I can call out any address and he can tell me what side of the street its on and usually what's next door. My daddy is so smart that my 8th grade algebra homework looked like a mathematician's Ph.d dissertation because he couldn't understand why he got the answer so easily.

Lesson Learned: No matter how many degrees I have. No matter how much I think I know. I'll never know as much as my daddy.

Submitted by: Nicole

Been There, Done That

Last year for my grandmother's 95th birthday, my sister put together a slideshow of a bunch of old family pics. Alot of the pics I had never seen before, and a bunch of them included pics of my Dad back in the day. He looked JUST like me! He had the same dusty clothes, scrawny legs and goofy smilie like I had as a kid. And he had the same broad shoulders, groomed goatee and subtle confidence that I've developed as a young man. After seeing those pics I had a true revelation: there is nothing I have done (or hope to do) that my Dad hasn't already done. As cool and as current as I think I am, my Dad was just as cool and just as current in his day. And I have the pics to prove it!

Lesson learned: I'm proud to be my Dad's "mini-me".