The other day a Twitter friend, in the spirit of Father’s Day, shared a few of her dad’s “Dad-isms” and asked others to share their Dad-isms too. I clicked to reply, thinking I’d have to narrow down my dad-isms to what would fit in one reply. And then I sat there, and sat there, thinking I had writer’s block. Then I realized that the “catch phrases” we shared weren’t Dad-isms; they were inside jokes that no one else would understand and, with our dark Dutch humor, phrases that might make people look at us as if we were just a little weird. While my dad didn’t leave me concise “Dad-isms,” he left me with countless stories and shared experiences that serve as examples to live by.Read More
My Dad’s Legacy of Genius, Humor, Humility, Adventure, and Love
