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Eulogy For Father

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My father had always took pride in the fact that he had grown to be kind and soft hearted since high school. I never really knew the way he thought until he gave me a brief look into his brain. This specific day was a good test of his kind and soft hearted nature. There I was, sitting on the garage floor with rivers of tears flowing down my cheeks and my phone pressed lightly against my ear, shaking to the rhythm of my hysterical sobs while I listened to my dad’s calming words “I’ll be home in a minute.”. Before now I had only cried to, or in front of my parents as a small child because I grew up to be more reserved, but this time was drastically different; my sister had pushed me way too far with her careless remarks and hatred. This story begins one late summer afternoon when a couple of beat red human shaped lobsters came home from a long day out in the sun; My dad and I had just finished our annual city wide garage saling, desperate for naps and a cold drink to replenish the electrolytes we’d lost throughout our adventures. While my mom and sister were left home they thought of a brilliant way to spend a nice summer evening, at Silver Dollar City with our newly purchased season passes. The idea was up in the air with an open invitation to anyone who wanted to attend and I seized my invitation, despite being tired and sun dried. …show more content…

However, it also didn’t take long for the whole trip to turn

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