Life With Lisa: Love You Dad

Published December 11, 2011
Category: Columns, Life with Lisa

Hellloo? Is anyone still out there? I know I haven’t posted a Life with Lisa in a while, but someone has to be here!?

So things at home have been hard, the last two weeks or so. I haven’t even had time to study or do homework, I’ve been unbelievable busy!

I’ve never really talked about myself in this blogging world, until I started writing for Burn Bright and have “Life with Lisa”, where I can talk about whatever I want. Before this, my focus was books, and book reviews. That was the goal, I never considered talking about myself, I just never thought someone would want to read about a 17 year old girl’s life?

So not many people know I’m a military brat. My dad’s in the army, and has been even before I was born.

When we’re younger, your dad is your hero, he is always the one you look up to and look for, for protection. Watching movies, you’d think that not too many teenagers have good relationships with their parents, but my dad’s my best friend, I spend all day with him. I tell him anything and everything, he’s the one I come to when I have problems, need someone to talk to, and even when I’m just bored and want to hangout.

I love my mom, but I’ve never been as close to my mom as I have with my dad. That’s why, when he deployed (last Sunday) it was really hard on me. Not only did my dad leave, but also my best friend and my hero.

Since my brother is across the state, going to college, and my dad is deployed, the house is pretty quiet. The house feels empty.

But it was his choice to join the army, it was his choice to serve his country. And my family and I stand by him, no matter what he decides/chooses to do, simply because that’s what family does.