A Gift of Laughter

Ashley Esteva

GSR 102

A Gift of Laughter

I really cherish this story. It is a beautiful story of how a father realizes that some things are more important than money. I believe that it was a good that he had the tools to effectively talk with his son. I was very happy that the father realized his mistakes he had committed. Let me rephrase, I am getting more involves in the stories we are reading for class and I am falling in love with each story in a different way. I see myself writing in each blog post that “I love this story the most” after each new post. I find it comical that I am saying this because with each new story I am taking the story and putting it into my soul. I am connecting with it and valuing it for what it is as a piece of work and creation as well as the meaning of the story being able to connect with my life and my story. I really love this story. Father and mother are arguing about finances. Son comes down and tries to show his father a drawing he is proud of and the father pays him no mind. The miraculous part is that after the father dismisses the son and the young boy goes to his room crying the father is stopped dead in his path and has a flashback revelation. He remembers when he was a kid and throughout his flashback he remembers how his grandmother reacted when he got her a football instead of a fruit bowl. I though the mix-up was hilarious, I do that with my grand mother quite often because of her thick Spanish accent. I love my grandmother without question but just like the father remembering his childhood, I have mistaken what she is saying many times. I love the father’s change of heart and his willingness to admit he was wrong and to try to mend his mistake with his son. It was beautiful how he accepted his sons anger and hurt and instead of just telling him he was sorry he offered to make it up to him by showing his son that he valued his son’s artwork of him and that he valued his son as a wonderful little person. I am very proud of the father for realizing his mistakes and doing the right thing and talking with his son to show the child that he really did care and that he was truly sorry for his actions.