Proud
Dad said he’s proud of me.
I well up inside at the words.
What the hell is he proud of me for.
And why should it matter?
I’m fucking thirty.
Part of me thinks, oh Dad, I don’t need that anymore.
Part of me thinks, what have I done that’s any good?
Part of me thinks, I really am something, aren’t I.
And part of me deep down
A very early, primal part
Starts jumping up and down and clapping her hands.
I have no success in work
I have no success in art
I have no success in home making
I have no successful mate
I have no success in health or beauty.
I do moderately well in most things.
Proud?
Of me?
Just… generally?
How does a parent think?
Why does he feel proud?
Maybe he’s just happy I turned out okay
Maybe that’s all a good parent really hopes for.
And he was a good parent.
He still is.
A really wonderful parent.
I’m proud of him.
Fresh Hell 
He’s proud of you because you are his daughter. He loves you. And really, it doesn’t matter what you (well….) in his eyes it will be something he is very proud of. I know – I’m a mum x
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parents are so stinkin cute ❤
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Lol !!! I bet he just loves to hear that 🙂
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There were mostly girls in the house, he’s used to it 😂
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Aaah, that makes all the difference 🙂
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You might not have many accomplishments by worldly standards, but you have obviously turned into a decent human being. I suspect that’s what he’s proud of. It’s not like the world doesn’t need more decent people — even more in most ways than it needs another industry-building entrepreneur, great politician, successful general, or even Nobel Prize winning scientist.
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