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Subject: Holidays at the Parents

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Robert

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Date Posted: 21:07:26 12/22/04 Wed

I am sitting on a couch watching my father and mother bicker in this sweet way about a mere miscommunication when I realize how much it reminds me of ME and a friend of mine. I have used the same tone of voice and the same facial expression as my father and I feel myself feel hexed and then shocked then laughter fills my heart. I am indeed my father's son in so many ways.

I am watching them loving each other after 40+ years and I filled with an awe of how much energy that must have taken to stay together. As I have grown older, I have realized that these people who were such mysteries to me are so much like me that I think I must be blind to not realize it. Maybe, it was a forest and trees thing.

N always talks about how important it is for me to be close to my parents and I am beginning to realize how rich a resource they are for discovering who I am.

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