No, father doesn’t always know best. But even unwise suggestions can help.
Colette Sartor and Lisanne Sartor s dad had a rather dark sense of humor. When she was a kid, too scared to go on a roller coaster or somesuch, he’d say, “What’s the worst that can happen? You die? That’s already going to happen, so if the worst is already going to happen, what do you have to be afraid of?” He also told her to take French instead of Spanish in high school, “which is probably the worst piece of advice, considering we’ve always lived in California.
He has learned to pay it forward. Ball’s son had an open fracture on his finger. The anxiety was high as they met with the surgeon. Ball asked if, when this is all over, his son would be able to play the violin. “Of course,” the surgeon said. To which Ball responded, “That’s great! Because he doesn’t play the violin now.”No, Dad! No!Her bio dad didn’t like her college boyfriend.
They met when Clark was 7, and he had no children of his own. “But I always knew he loved me and wanted the best for me and of me. A strict taskmaster, his mantra was to ‘Work hard to play hard.’ So on Father’s Day, though I celebrate my father, I am most grateful for the ‘dad’ who inspired me in a life-changing way.”U.S. Rep. Katie Porter said it took her some time to puzzle out her dad’s advice.
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