Today is my dad's birthday. He was killed in a car crash 24 years ago. When I talk to my mom, I ask her if dad was proud of me and my brothers, why did he always act like we were criminals? She says it was in his nature to be that way, having been a cop for so long.
I ask if he would have changed, because he seemed to have not been so negative the last time I saw him. She says he would have...that he had recognized that 20 plus years on the force had made him cynical, but he was coming around. Thoughts of retirement had cheered him up.
She says he would be very proud of what I have done, as a parent and in my career...and I would like to believe that. Why wouldn't I? She knew him way better than any of us kids did.
Happy Birthday Dad
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