Monthly Archives: February 2026
lunch at his desk
When I was little, my mom would pick me up from preschool and drop me off at my dad’s office. I was very young. He would pick me up in his arms and ask me, “What’s for lunch?” He would … Continue reading
included and left out
Over the years, some of my clients have passed away. Sometimes their families invited me to the funeral. They told people I was their barber. They made sure I knew that I mattered in that person’s life. Sometimes they even … Continue reading
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The Burial
Today my father was buried. I was not there. At 10:30 am my time, they stood at the cemetery while I was somewhere else,working and trying to move through a normal day, I knew what time it was. I stopped … Continue reading
Close, Then pushed away
I loved my dad. That was Never confusing. What was confusing was how we could be so close one day, and then feel so far apart the next. Sometimes he made me feel so special. One time my brother got … Continue reading
Today was His Funeral
today was his funeral, I was not there. Not because I didn’t love him. Not because I didn’t want to say goodbye, I was not there because I was left out of the plans. Decisions were made without me, conversations … Continue reading
Still His Daughter. 