My Dad Called Me His Disappointment After I Gave Him A $10000 Rolex

for the first time. I read it sitting on my couch after work and felt something unexpected. Not satisfaction. Not victory. Something closer to pity, the honest kind that has no smugness in it.

I wrote back: Yeah, it adds up fast.

He didn’t reply, but he didn’t snap back either.

That was enough for now.

The summer ended without ceremony. September arrived continue reading …