A well kept secret
Okay, this is my third attempt to write an entry today. I've been trying to write an entry on the subject of family, but whenever I start writing I get really, really weepy. I don't start crying because I'm sad, I start crying when I think about my relatives in the US and how amazing they all really are. (Yes, I cry easily) To make it short (otherwise I'll start crying again), the love and care my aunts and uncle show for my dad (and me by extension) is incredible. It makes me sad to think that he is so loved when he is in the US while so under-appreciated living here in Sweden. Under appreciated even by me, to be honest.
My dad and I have a more open relationship now than we did before and we talk a lot. The other day, as we were talking about other things, he told me a secret. Not just any secret, but one that has been with him for the past 17 years and until he told me no one else knew. Not his brothers and sisters, not my brother, definitely not my mother while they were still together. It touches me a lot that I was the first one who he told, at the same time the secret... (which will remain a secret with me at least, it's not for me to tell those who might be affected by it) It's yet another thing that makes me realize how under appreciated my dad is. My dad and I disagree on a lot of things, I'm not going to say that we have a perfect understanding of each other and none of us are perfect. After he told me that secret... it made me realize how noble my father can be and why his brothers and sisters love him so much.
Anyway... after going to through all the pictures today and missing my relatives a lot, I decided to make a scrapbook of the trip. My first attempt at making a scrapbook was last year, it was to be given away as a wedding gift. Now that I have no deadline and all the free time in the world (I'm in Flen which explains it all) I can get more creative. Will post sketches of the scrapbook pages here once in a while. Tomorrow I'll make a trip to a hobby store and see if they have any good albums or scrapbooking supplies.
My dad and I have a more open relationship now than we did before and we talk a lot. The other day, as we were talking about other things, he told me a secret. Not just any secret, but one that has been with him for the past 17 years and until he told me no one else knew. Not his brothers and sisters, not my brother, definitely not my mother while they were still together. It touches me a lot that I was the first one who he told, at the same time the secret... (which will remain a secret with me at least, it's not for me to tell those who might be affected by it) It's yet another thing that makes me realize how under appreciated my dad is. My dad and I disagree on a lot of things, I'm not going to say that we have a perfect understanding of each other and none of us are perfect. After he told me that secret... it made me realize how noble my father can be and why his brothers and sisters love him so much.
Anyway... after going to through all the pictures today and missing my relatives a lot, I decided to make a scrapbook of the trip. My first attempt at making a scrapbook was last year, it was to be given away as a wedding gift. Now that I have no deadline and all the free time in the world (I'm in Flen which explains it all) I can get more creative. Will post sketches of the scrapbook pages here once in a while. Tomorrow I'll make a trip to a hobby store and see if they have any good albums or scrapbooking supplies.