This is maybe the brightest memory I have of my father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We went into the city. Wandered through shops. So many trinkets everywhere. And somehow we ended up in a watch store. That’s where I saw it \u2014 a Montana watch. It was the 90s. An electronic watch with a backlight. Sixteen melodies, I think. An alarm. A steel band. It was cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wanted it. But we didn’t have the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we bought a different watch. I was still happy with it. We came home. Dad left for work. And\u2026 I think it broke. I don’t remember exactly what happened. I just remember being so disappointed. I think I even cried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dad said he would take it back for repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I remember him coming back. Walking into the room. I was sitting on the sofa. And he pulled out that watch. The Montana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I jumped off that bed. Leapt into the air. Wrapped my arms and legs around him. Hugged him with everything I had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That feeling \u2014 it has followed me my whole life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, I kept that watch next to me when I slept. Every night. I don’t even remember where it went. I tried to hold onto it for a while. But I lost it somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We rarely hugged, my father and I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that moment \u2014 that was the brightest moment of my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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