Larry

So what I guess I'm going to start with is talking about times when my pops shows happiness or lets his guard down I should say, because he isn't a total manly bottled up person that shows no emotion, well other than manly anger. Oh well now I want to share of times when he used to get angry more often and how it made me stronger, but I'll stick with teh current subject I suppose.
(all my posts seem to start with So....? :) (and I'm using a lot of I guess and .....)

The first times I noticed that my dad seemed to show happiness or be a joyful outgoing sort of guy was when we had company over, or were around a lot of people at a family party or something. He is like this I think mostly because he doesn't want everyone thinking he is a mean ogre of a man, but also because he can be a great guy. Another time I have seen this, only in recent years, is around our new dog/puppy. He turned two last august and ever since we got him he and my dad have bonded into best buds. My dad really enjoys playing with him and really likes him because he continues to be nearly fearless, even though he weighs less than 10 pounds. I think its pretty hillarious because my dad is normally such a tough guy and stands at almost 6'2'' and about 230 lbs, and he plays with this little itty bitty ball of energy of a dog all the time and loves it.