Harry also spent a lot of his time looking for things he misplaced. One day, he told me "I can't find the letter opener so I am using scissors to lock the door." (Since his door lock broke and he was still in the process of fixing it himself, he used the letter opener to lock it.) I spent the whole time there before work helping him look for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere either. Later that day, I got a call from dad at work saying, "Hello, Karen, this is dad. I just wanted to call to let you know I found the letter opener under my pillow." We both laughed at that, wondering how in the world it landed there. At least he found it!
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This is an excerpt from "My Funny Dad, Harry" which I posted in response to
Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop prompt: “What did you once lose? Write about your search to find it again.”
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8 comments:
Oh, I really hate it when I lose things, which I seem to do more and more as I get older. The memory isn't what it used to be! Love your letter opener story!
What a fun story about your Dad!
How in the world did it end up under his pillow? I guess you'll never know! What a great story!
Funny!
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I would love to know how it ended up there. But as someone who perpetually finds things in odd places I know that is something I hope for in vain.
So funny! I am always finding things in weird spots. I usually blame it on my kids, but maybe... Visiting from SITS!
your dad is funny. i'm sure you miss him a lot..
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Lin: Me too! I'm glad it doesn't happen often, usually it's when Gerard moves something without telling me.
Katina: Glad you liked it.
Ginny Marie: We had no idea how it got there. It was too heavy for the cats to carry.
Jeanette: Glad you liked!
KLZ: No idea!
Jessica Anne: He lived alone at the time with just his cats. Glad you were amused. Thanks for stopping by.
Cheri: He was funny and yes, I miss him very much.
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