Thanks, Dad, for working it out with me. I can start growing up now, fly from the nest.
I love you forever. I’ll save money, teach Justin. We’ll do jobs around the house ourselves.
You were a good Democrat.
Save a seat for me at Lake Wobegon.
Box of Rain, Grateful Dead
Look out of any window
Any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
Birds are winging or
Rain is falling from a heavy sky,
What do you want me to do,
To do for you to see you through?
For this is all a dream we dreamed
One afternoon long ago
Walk out of any doorway
Feel your way, feel your way
Like the day before
Maybe you’ll find direction
Around some corner
Where it’s been waiting to meet you,
What do you want me to do,
To watch for you while you’re sleeping?
Well please don’t be surprised
When you find me dreaming too
Look into any eyes
You find by you, you can see
Clear through to another day
Maybe been seen before
Through other eyes on other days
While going home,
What do you want me to do,
To do for you to see you through?
It’s all a dream we dreamed
One afternoon long ago
Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
To another land
Maybe you’re tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
With words half spoken
And thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
To do for you to see you through
A box of rain will ease the pain
And love will see you through
Just a box of rain,
Wind and water,
Believe it if you need it,
If you don’t just pass it on
Sun and shower,
Wind and rain,
In and out the window
Like a moth before a flame
And it’s just a box of rain
I don’t know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
Or leave it if you dare
And it’s just a box of rain
Or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
And a short time to be there
Hey Dad,
In the last talk in your kitchen, where you worked it out with me, you talked about forgiveness – forgiving myself, family, friends, anyone. I’ll do it.
I got up this morning and put this song on – I Forgive It All, by Tom Petty and Mudcrutch
I Forgive It All
Take my horse down to the water
Let him graze awhile
Take my horse down to the water
Let him graze awhile
I have not been down these roads since I was a child
I ain’t broke and I ain’t hungry but I’m close enough to care
I ain’t broke and I ain’t hungry but I’m close enough to care
Send my things to my niece Laura
She’ll keep ’em over there
I forgive it all, I forgive it all
With her, I forgive it all
There ain’t no money in this deal, I just tag along
There ain’t no money in this deal, I just tag along
Some things I feel right, somebody else thinks wrong
I forgive it all, I forgive it all
On this earth, I forgive it all
People are what people make em’, and that ain’t gonna change
People are what people make ’em, and that ain’t gonna change
There ain’t nothing you can do, nothing you could rearrange
On this earth, I forgive it all
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I paid my taxes today, thank you Dad.