
Daddy’s Diaries VI
It’s difficult to see your father as a man—not a superhero, a brave soldier, nor as I once dreamt, a counter-terrorism agent. We miss the children in our parents sometimes.

It’s difficult to see your father as a man—not a superhero, a brave soldier, nor as I once dreamt, a counter-terrorism agent. We miss the children in our parents sometimes.

We put on our magician’s cloak and turn the elephant in the room into a string lying unnoticed in the corner.

My father’s lack of English skills was embarrassing. My mother’s kitchen made my nerves twitch. And up until recently I didn’t give much of a hoot about their struggles.