Today is my dad’s birthday, I sent him a special birthday card and then called him as per usual. Normally our calls last about three minutes and we talk about the weather or fishing before he hands me to my step-mom for the real conversation. But today it was just me and him and he told me a story about when he was a young man in the Navy and they’d pull huge sea turtles out of the water, flip them on their backs and drag them up the beach. When they reached the top of the sand line, they’d flip them back over and take bets on whose turtle would make it back to the water first.
In all my years of knowing him, I’ve never heard that story. I wish I knew more stories about my dad, it was fun to picture him as a young handsome serviceman having fun on the beach with his buddies. I love you dad, and hope you had a great birthday.