My Dad : A Short Story

Story of my dad When I was younger my dad meant everything to me. He was my best friend, and who I ran to when I needed someone to talk to. Every saturday morning he would wake me up and we would get McDonalds for breakfast, and drive all around, looking at antique stores and garage sales. Some of the best memories of my dad came on these rainy Saturday mornings, or when he would wake me up when it first snowed, or on accident when he was putting the Christmas tree together with a power drill.

My dad was a military doctor. He one of the bravest people you will ever meet. He did two full tours in afghanistan and saved many lives. He is my biggest inspiration. Having my dad in the military meant he was always gone and that really messed up our family but, he always told me: life is like a big wave that you are surfing and it can get polluted real fast but you just have to keep surfing through all the garbage that is tossed in your sea of worries. I remember the day like it was yesterday

My mom and dad grew up living right next door to each other. They lived their young lives running around and chasing each other across the rundown fields where they lived. My mom, having always loved taking care of children, had wanted to be a teacher. My dad wanted to be an architectural engineer, since he had always been good with his hands and had constantly dreamed of building things for his community. They both grew up in large families,which created stressful financial situations on the family

Our Story It was late January on Sunday 25th. A lovely warm evening, out on a property in Victoria. Our friends were enjoying their night ahead of an exciting filled day to come. Tomorrow brought a fun day on the water. The boat had been packed that afternoon along with the equipment for water skiing, knee boarding and tubing. As this day was around the corner all three kids went to bed at 9pm to be prepared for action. As time flew by it was 10pm, the parents were still enjoying a beer on the veranda

has their story. Each family member has gone through different experiences that have helped shape them. These experiences are part of their life. Everybody has a story that made them who they are. Opportunities can come your way and shape your life for the better. Sometimes, bad events occur that shape us, but those events can make us stronger. Families face both good times and hardships, this is what helps shape the stories of a family. One story I always remembered hearing is when my Grandpa Darrell

for my mom I would be in a graveyard, I am truly grateful for her. I was suppose to be aborted but my mom take the money from my dad and buy onesies and diapers instead. He didn’t pay me any attention the first year of my life. I live with my mom and sister for 16 years in jamaica. My dad at the Time live on Nantucket, he supported me by sending money through western union and every January he would visit me and carry a few pieces of clothes for me. Every time I would hear the story from my mom how

I decided long ago that my parent’s love story is worth writing about. My mom grew up in the same red-bricked house most of her life in Richland, Washington. She grew up with eight siblings (she being number six)- three sisters and five brothers. Grandpa Nelson was an engineer, along with the rest of the people who lived on that street- most of them being members of the church. Grandma Nelson was a stay at home mom and raised my amazing aunts and uncles. My dad was raised in a military family and

“'The Father.” By Hugh Garner is a short story involving two characters; and a father and son’s troubled relationship. The story touches on how you can be there and have the responsibilities of being a father without actually being a father. The dad John Purcell and his son are going to the son’s Boy scout banquet meeting the following night. John grudgingly replies that he will go only for his son since the banquet only happens once a year. On the way to the meeting, John makes awkward small talk

“A Conversation with My Father”, by Grace Paley The short-story “A Conversation with My Father”, by Grace Paley, combines several themes and the author uses the elements of abandonment, denial, irony, humor and foreshadowing, to bring this emotional story together. This story is mainly about the relationship between a parent and his child. The primary characters are a father, and his child. There is no mention of whether the child is his daughter or son. The tone of the story and the conversations

In the short story called, “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer, the protagonist is dealing with the complicated relationship between her divorced parents. Ashleigh, the main character, is questioned by her dad if she can borrow her mom's money for his own problems. Ashes, short for Ashleigh, like the compliments that she keeps receiving from her dad. Ashes complex relationship with her parents makes her choose between her mom or her dad. One lesson this story suggests is that no matter how much you love