A Son Reminisces about His Father

My brother, Tom Doyle, contacted me to remind me that today would have been our Dad's birthday. Our Dad died in 1995.

He shared his memories...

I remember Dad going around the house stating emphatically again and again that “If you act enthusiastic.. YOU WILL BE ENTHUSIASTIC!!!” It was the Dale Carnegie motto.

I also remember mom thinking that dad was not quite as funny as he thought. ”Dennis, you laugh at your own jokes” (I get a little of that around my house).

I remember dad practicing his “bowling” in the front room. a one, two, three—release. I remember dad getting a small trophy for the most improved bowler (sports were never his forte). I think the trophy was a bronze belt buckle or …I might be dreaming.

He was a good hunter and a good beer drinking fisherman who never caught a fish, regardless if it was at Lake Estes or on the farm.

I remember his observations about shopping.”Have you ever seen so much stuff that you don’t need?”

And his insight on the costs of things “It’s higher that a Cat’s back!”

Comments

[Donna Miller]

I laugh at my own jokes too, Kate, which makes my family laugh at ME. I figure if I don't think what I say is funny, no one else will ether. So, I crack myself up! Donna