Thanks for the heart. :-) Honestly I’m ok. Dad and I had lots of discussions and happiness in the years before he died. He got sober and made amends with my mom. It’s all good.

Panic attacks suck. They are the worst.

the boys

My Gus cat is a feminist. I can tell by the adoring way he looks at me. Just heart eyes all the time.

I’ve thought about this and realized that it can be both. I believe he thinks his daughter is an exceptional woman (and not just the whole “if she wasn’t my daughter I’d...” bit of effluvia). I believe he encouraged her. Because she’s his. And that alone makes her exceptional by virtue of those yugely great genes. But…

As another only child, this hits home. It’s what all only children secretly fear doing to their parents. We’re all they’ve got.