“If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe.” IfsFeelsFirstsBelieveProblemI BelieveStuffDadDecidedMy DadSober Author:Jack Osbourne
“I know it was harder for me taking care of my dad during his cancer than it was going through my own. You feel more helpless as a caregiver.” KnowsFeelsCareMy OwnDadHarderMy DadCancerHelplessCaregivers Author:Mindy Sterling
“Going through the grief period of my dad and losing him - that was the worst thing because you know when you get that call. When you are seven, eight years old, you have that almost vision in your mind of what that's going to be like and what your going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.” KnowsFeelsYearsMindGriefVisionWorstDadPeriodsLosingSevenMy DadEightWorst ThingsOld YouLosing Him Author:Richie Sambora
“My dad is my best friend, my father, and my boss. When I do something that is exciting and he likes it, it feels three times as good as you can imagine.” FeelsThreeFatherImagineDadExcitingMy DadLikesBossThree TimesMy Best Friend Author:David Lauren
“Wild Swans' showed me there are Chinese traditions that still affect my life. For example, it's not that women are inferior, exactly, but my dad and my brother are the most important men in my life and I would do anything for them. I feel like I should be the one cooking and looking after them.” MenFeelsShouldStillsImportantExampleBrotherDadTraditionCookingMy DadChineseMy BrotherInferiorsSwans Author:Katie Leung
“As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always be Al Gore to your wife's Bill Clinton. She feels the pain and you are the annoying nerd telling them to turn off the lights.” FeelsMatterLightPainTurnsPresidentWifeLike YouPersonalityDadBillsClintonVicesBranchesExecutivesAlsAnnoyingNerdGoreVice PresidentTurn OffExecutive Branch Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I used to hate being different. I used to cry. I wanted to be blonde-haired and blue-eyed like all of my girlfriends. My mom and dad would feel so badly - 'No, it's OK. You'll be happy you're different later.” FeelsDifferentWantedUsedHateCryMomDadBlueMy MomGirlfriendBlondeBeing DifferentMy GirlfriendMom And DadBlue Eyed Author:Kiana Tom
“And my father left me a legacy of his handwriting through letters and a notebook. In the last two years of his life, when he was sick, he filled a notebook with his thoughts about me… There are times when I want to trade all those years that I was too busy to sit with my dad and chat with him, and trade all those years for one hug. But too late. But that's when I take out his letters and I read them, and the paper that touched his hand is in mine, and I feel connected to him.” WantFeelsYearsTwoHandsLastsFatherLeftMinesDadPaperLateLettersSickTradeFilledMy DadBusyConnectedLegacyToo LateTouchedTwo YearsHugNotebookToo BusyHandwriting Author:Lakshmi Pratury