Meeting My Dad by Samantha (the beginning after the end novel read .TXT) 📕

The next morning came and I woke up and walked to the kitchen to find out that my dad was already up and on the porch. My dad was smoking a cigarette and drinking his coffee. That’s when I noticed that he made a pot of coffee.
So I said good morning to my dad and walked to the coffee maker to pour myself a cup. Then I left the coffee cup with coffee in it on the counter, and walked to the bathroom to refresh myself. Then I walked back to the kitchen, and grabbed my cup and headed to the porch wear my dad was at. The kids weren’t up yet, so I set my coffee down and lit a cigarette with my dad. As I looked at my dad I knew that he wasn’t fully awake, and neither was I, but we chatted quietly. Then John woke up walked to the bathroom, and then on to the porch, and started to chat with us. After about twenty minutes all the kids got up and sat down in front of the TV to watch cartoons.
See it was a Sat, and it was my day off from work. I work as a housekeeper. I have been at my job for almost a year. Plus when my dad moved in to stay with us it was at the end of May after my daughters birthday. John and I had brought the kids sparklers for the 4th of July to have fun. We bought the sparklers about a couple weeks before my dad moved in with us. But when we got told by the landlord of are new place saying that we couldn’t use fireworks or sparklers on the property, that’s when we planned to have the kids have fun with them before we move. Which was a great idea summing my dad was with us. So John and I decided that on my next day off we would light the sparklers for the kids, and my dad.
On this nice sunny summer day we all went out side with the kids to play. My oldest Julie road her bike, and the other two were in the wagon in the back yard. My dad was pulling the wagon for the kids, and John and I hung out the laundry out on the line to dry. After the laundry was done, I sat on the porch for a while watching the kids and my dad having so much fun. It was so nice to see my dad laugh and smile. My dad started to get tired and then Julie took over on pulling the wagon as my dad sat down for awhile. Then we all went back in side cause it was starting to get dark, and we have been outside all day. I guess you could say that we were burning day light having fun in the sun.
John and I left the clothes outside to dry, and we would get them in the morning if they were dry enough through the night. We cooked dinner, we ate and then we sat up for a while. The kids put in a movie to watch in the living room. Then John, My dad, and my self went on the porch with the laptop computer and started to play games. I started to play this pool game that my dad was interested in playing but he didn’t know how to play, so I showed him how to play. That’s when he said “I know how to play pool at a real pool table but I am not good playing pool on the computer”. That’s when I told my dad “ I have been playing this game for a while”, and at first I didn’t know how to play the game on the computer myself either”. We both smiled, and he went back to try another game on the computer. After the movie was over the kids got ready for bed, my dad and I plus John were talking about this and that on the porch. After a while went by that we had are cigarettes and played computer games, plus chatting that it was late and time to get ready for bed. The kids were already a sleep, and we headed to bed our selves. We all said good night to each other and my dad gave me a hug. John and I went to our bedroom to get in to bed, and as we settled in under the blanket. I whispered to John I had a great day with my dad, and good night sweetie. Then the lights were out.

Text: Samantha
Images: Samantha
Publication Date: 02-20-2013

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Dedication:
To my Dad and My self