LJ Idol - Coloring Outside the Lines

[monkeysugarmama]

I have “issues” with authority.

I put that in quotation marks because I think it - and say it - on a regular basis.

I have to thank my dad for instructing my mother not to beat this impulse out of me when I was little. The first time I ignored her instructions to stay off the kitchen counter, dragging a chair twice my size in from the dining room

Comments

[puppetmaker40]

Your Da rawks on so many levels.

Interesting take on the topic at hand. I liked it.

[monkeysugarmama]

Thanks so much!

[baxaphobia]

This is wonderful. You dad is quite a character.

[monkeysugarmama]

That is a perfect word for my dad!

[alycewilson]

I loved this! Especially the way you described your father. I hope you show it to him.

[monkeysugarmama]

Thank you!

And, I may. As an adult, growing up and even now my dad and I have kind of a strange relationship. I'd have to cut and paste it too so he can't read the comments, ha!

[gratefuladdict]

My dad wasn't as mischievous as yours, but he always backed me to the hilt anyway. Good stuff. :)

[monkeysugarmama]

It's good to know someone has your back, you know? I was going to talk about how, in 5th grade a boy hit me, totally geeky little me with a long denim skirt and Coke bottle glasses, and I turned around and hit him back and we wound up rolling around in the floor and had to be separated by teachers.

When he got called into the principal's office (and thank God it was him and not my mom they got in touch with first!) He said "I hope my daughter decks any guy who ever lays a hand on her!"

[caersidi]

Dads can be wonderful!

Great entry.

[monkeysugarmama]

Thank you. My dad did some things really right :)