zeroknowing
I got up quietly, went out the side door, snuck around the back, and there was my father sneaking a cigerette, too.
2008-07-30 14:42:41 / Rating: 153.5 / 
Story archives - tag: "father"
Dicky
The sadness and disappointment in my father's voice once I told him I killed the crab moved me to tears.
2008-07-18 01:28:34 / Rating: 63.5 /
goulide
When my dad finally decided that having a gay child was better than having a dead child, we started talking again.
2008-07-01 15:14:52 / Rating: 311.75 /
Olivoi
It's a good thing the local news camera was only shooting from the chest up, because other than his tuxedo jacket, he was wearing fishnets, army boots, and not much else.
2008-06-06 17:11:35 / Rating: 94 /
Missing
I had never seen my father cry until he found my pet bunny Coco dead in my backyard.
2008-05-30 10:08:31 / Rating: 90.5 /
lawrence berezin
I did not say goodbye to my Dad as he left for work the last time.
2008-05-30 10:03:56 / Rating: 104.75 /
Cupcake
I remember distinctly the last time my daddy told me he was proud of me, because I think that's the last time I'm ever going to hear it.
2008-04-28 12:16:49 / Rating: 127.75 /
Rate
While driving home and contemplating what my father said to me, I realized how terrified I am by the idea of doing anything for 30 years.
2008-04-28 10:49:52 / Rating: 102.5 /
Oh Me
While he is in Alaska living an adventure, I am here, missing my father.
2008-04-22 12:14:09 / Rating: 93 /
lassoprecise
In order to feel as if he had some sort of control over his cancer, my father would search the streets for a dollar in change before each chemo session.
2008-04-21 13:59:16 / Rating: 162.25 /
Owned
As I tried to get up from the sofa, my still-sleeping baby girl rolled over, grabbed my shirt with both tiny hands, and would not let go.
2008-04-10 14:56:53 / Rating: 191.75 /
whackest
I was grateful to my father for finding the ointment until I realized it had expired nineteen years earlier.
2008-03-27 20:35:19 / Rating: 108.25 /
Juli
When I found you sitting dead in your chair, my first thought was, "Who's going to give me away at my wedding?"
2008-03-26 13:15:29 / Rating: 175 /
Ashley
When I was seven I made my dad a Father's Day card that said, "Dad, thanks for always taking me to the beer store."
2008-03-20 16:08:29 / Rating: 241.75 /
Laura
After hearing from my mother that my father had lung cancer, the only thing I knew to do was light up a cigarette.
2008-03-20 16:07:14 / Rating: 147 /
Naive
My father died when I was six and the day after, I wrote in my diary that I was feeling better.
2008-02-20 12:52:10 / Rating: 172.75 /
Stan
My dad was slowly bleeding to death by the roadside some 100 meters away when I was washing the dishes for the first time in my life.
2008-01-16 14:45:17 / Rating: 195 /
My dad, always looking for a bargain, picked up an ugly, dying, needles-falling-off tree on Christmas Eve; five hours later, he was dead and the tree was still there.
2007-12-19 11:11:01 / Rating: 196 /
temporary hartsfield resident
Saving 100 bucks is more important to my father than me not having to spend 6 hours in the Atlanta airport waiting for a connecting flight.
2007-12-04 15:30:08 / Rating: 107.25 /
A.L.D.
My father died as I asked my grandmother why she was crying.
2007-11-24 18:30:06 / Rating: 124.25 /
Ibutton77
I swung the axe convinced I could show my dad a thing or two about cutting wood, but the lesson I learned that day was taught by my toe.
2007-11-07 13:14:36 / Rating: 134.5 /
nickyskye
While eating artichokes, one of his favorite dishes, Daddy told us how one night out walking he'd found a shoebox on the pier in Panama and when he opened the lid, inside was a dead baby.
2007-08-19 21:33:51 / Rating: 160.75 /
the other son
After I read that email, I wished the pain in my stomach was a result of being punched rather than finding out that my father never really loved me.
2007-07-11 12:57:28 / Rating: 161.25 /
isle
Perhaps it was karmic retribution that in rising to hug my father goodbye, my kneecap dislocated, and I never got that hug.
2007-06-26 16:57:03 / Rating: 194.75 /
boochicken
I learned that my father had written a Cold War-era spy novel from a eulogist at his funeral.
2007-06-20 20:57:48 / Rating: 166.5 /
RAM
Right before my father died nearly 20 years ago, he told me to quit smoking, and last month I finally did.
2007-06-15 12:57:12 / Rating: 174 /
Altruistic Cynic
It wasn't until after my father passed that I realized I was meant to take his place as my hero.
2007-06-13 10:10:00 / Rating: 235 /
Lizzy
Tears poured down my cheeks when I heard my Dad was going to Iraq.
2007-04-11 10:41:09 / Rating: 183 /
rp
I would never tell my family this, but I blame my father's wife for his death.
2007-01-23 14:35:12 / Rating: 147.5 /
Sociologist Tina
I fear that people would believe me to be a malingerer, and even my estranged father, upon hearing about the dilemma which my symptoms presented, commented, "I think you're allergic to work."
2006-12-27 11:55:49 / Rating: 158 /
Gareth
I never knew what I wanted from life, except to be a better father to my children (if I have any) than mine was to me.
2006-12-22 00:33:17 / Rating: 165.5 /
JT
I knew as I walked out, you'd make sure your brother and sister were safe, but I never expected you to survive your childhood.
2006-12-03 23:22:35 / Rating: 186.75 /
Anon
I can't forgive my father.
2006-11-13 14:19:48 / Rating: 152.25 /
Evytyn
When the teacher asked my third grade class what they wanted to be when they grew up, I stood up and replied, "Not my father."
2006-09-29 11:33:40 / Rating: 224 /
Gilgongo!
My father smiled at me accross the Christmas dinner table and I heard quite clearly the sound of sleighbells.
2006-09-28 15:56:22 / Rating: 124.25 /
geckotales
When I went to my father's crippled car, a few hours after the wreck, I found both of his shoes on the floorboard surrounded by blood and covered in glass.
2006-09-11 10:25:35 / Rating: 175.5 /
saunya
I held my father's hand as he died in that hospital room and realized I'd never held his hand before that moment.
2006-09-10 00:30:06 / Rating: 1535.25 /