#29 / Tiny Love Story

 

When I visited my father to celebrate his 88th birthday.

My Father’s Mug

My father opened his apartment door and held out a coffee mug. “It’s a beautiful cup!” he said. “You need to take it.” I wheeled my suitcase into the guest room. “Take the cup!” he said, following behind. I told him I didn’t need it. After three days of him continually offering “the cup,” which was really a mug, I accepted. It was a thank you gift he had received for donating money to a prominent L.G.B.T.Q. organization. I never came out to my father, but I finally understood: He knew and was proud of me. — Lori Horvitz

oooOOOooo

 

This "Tiny Love Story" is from The New York Times.  

 

They print a lot of them. 

 

This one..... I don't know. 

 

Reconciliation without words. Acceptance without acknowledgment. 

 

It's what we all both want and need.

 

It made me cry.

 

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/style/tiny-modern-love-stories-her-dreams-of-infidelity.html