my dad

the only good thing hed do is buy candy for us. hed take my brother to movies secretly. he was once imprest that i could sing adeste fideles in latin & that i was strong enough to lift 50 lb. bags into the car after he came down w. brain cancer, which i hear is caused by alkalosis. he did all he could to discourage me from continuing w. the piano. had he examined my fingers hedve known theyre not long enough to play piano & he couldve rationally explained this to me. but there was no reason w. tom (the old man). he was responsible for quality control for 1000 people. a true martinet/nazi. had he been born in germany hedve been a crack nazi. he once said to mom of me, 'youve got something there'