Flashback: Sister number #6 drove to my college to watch me play my rst year. I was
proud, with my chest stuck out when she showed up, even though I did not play the
game she and my brother-in-law attended. It felt good anyway...
Televise football was rarely a programmed choice in our home...My younger brother
and I would rather participate in a pick-up game than watch it on TV. With my father, it
was all about macho Cowboy/Western movies!
Remember TV programming was not equal to today's standard. My father considered
"Beverly Hillbillies" and "I Love Lucy" too silly and not to be viewed in his house. I
agreed with the "I Love Lucy". However, I'm still crazy about The Hillbillies of Beverly
Hills
Outside of testosterone shows, he enjoyed "Twilight Zone", Thank goodness,
not "Outer Limits" (It was a bummer at the time, I appreciate it now. The Outer Limits
did suck...).
I left my high school graduation with friends immediately went home to change
clothes, and prepared for my youngest sister's #7 wedding as a user, that same day.
My father refused to attend his youngest daughter’s (Number #7) wedding.
Reasoning...He did not approve of his soon to be Son-in-law. Whom later to be his best
pal. He treated him like a son.
I got it...as a teenager, I get it now...the last girl out of the house.
This was his baby daughter getting married. I think he was feeling a little 'empty nest.'
Three good things came about that day.
1.) At last, I got to drive my mother to the wedding with dad's elusive Buick 225
(Deuce ‘n a Quarter) for the rst time. I didn't try to talk dad into attending.
2.) His new son-in-law would become a great addition to our family and became my
father’s new adoptive side-kick. It happened quicker than I thought it would. He was
very likable.
3.) I happily received my family eviction notice from my father that day after my High
School Graduation and sister number #7's wedding ceremony.
After the wedding, with my chest stuck out, I proudly proclaimed to my dad, "I’m going
to college" (having already secured several football scholarship options, I felt pretty
empowered). An "I told you so" moment for me. I think he chuckled at me.