| I heard my dad struggle with the pronunciation, trying to add on an Italian accent along with the words and couldn't hold back a giggle. |
| I ran home and told dad and, as he was an air-raid warden, he knew what to do. |
| Every year my dad makes jambalaya, a mix of rice, chicken, spices, red and green peppers, ham, and sausage. |
| My dad remembers stalking through the rubble of a bombed house while the woman who had lived there cried on the step. |
| He suffered sexual abuse until he was 11, then when he was 13 he discovered the person he had called dad all his life was no blood relation. |
| And I've never gone out to dinner with my dad when he hasn't gotten into an in-depth conversation with the waitperson. |
