dad:

On October 3rd last year, my dad had a massive heart attack that almost killed him.

It's been a little over 6 months, and my dad's health seems to be better than ever and he seems to be a lot happier. But lately I've been noticing that he's completely changed from who he used to be, growing up my dad never watched movies with us, never asked us about our love lives, never even went grocery shopping for himself. It's been almost exciting seeing this new dad do all these things he never did before. And yes, they may be minor things but it's really taking me by surprise.

Lately, I've had more conversations than I can count where my dad actually cares about something I'm interested in. Maybe its because the heart attack happened a day before my birthday? I really don't know, but I like it.
He asks me about bands, listens to anything that plays on my iTunes, and is a new found fan of Cold Play and Brand New. And anytime possible he pulls out his Vinyl collection and tells me all of these stories of the bands he saw, the bands he likes. And we've had more movie nights lately, than I've had my whole life with him. He's a fan of Pirates of the Caribbean, V for Vendetta, and any Adam Sandler movie. He's also really into the show Dexter. We bought the first season on dvd and we spent a night watching it together, with him giving me a play by play of what happens in each episode and telling me how "badass" the show is.

It's been a long journey this past year, but I'm excited to see what else is going to happen.