greek picnic/not about food

this was lunch today. hummus, baba, tabouli, roasty red and eggplant spread. tomato and feta salad. delish and summery. first best watermelon of the year.

i was thinking today on my walk about moms (residual), then started thinking about my dad. i decided that today should be mr. mom day. as a pioneer to having a stay-at-home dad who acted in full capacity as a traditional mom (i know that there are others older than me, but we sure felt like pioneers, and its a fact that mama and papa llama felt like rare birds), i think that it is up to me to designate this alternative hallmark holiday..

cards would read: to the dad who helped me pack lunch, got us off on the school bus, came on field trips, volunteered at school, coached our soccer teams, took us to play with our friends, made dinner, cleaned the house, bought us tampons, and entertained us all summer long.. you are the best mr. mom ever!

maybe mom can get her alterna holiday the day after fathers day: to the mom who brings home the bacon and looks hot in a (pant)suit, thanks for rocking the boat!

i am grateful to have such great parents, to have been made into a product of such unique people. and in a way, grateful that at this age, i get to know both of them individual of eachother... i wonder if things would have been different if their roles had been different, but am so glad that they weren't. i get to have a close relationship with a gentle, emotional man. and i respect that my mom is powerful, independent and realistic.

we all sat at the dinner table together last night. this is becoming the most interesting year yet.