My own biological material donor was nearly a waste of air, but I hope yours wasn’t. And if he was, may you take that as an entropic life lesson and be better
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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My father has his faults, as does every man, but he is a wonderful dad and husband. He encouraged us kids to be everything we could be, even though when I grew up, it was still common to limit girls’ life choices. He also has stuck with my mom for 52+ years of marriage, of which 45+ or so have been taken up with mental illness. A lesser man would have walked away. He’s legally blind now and having some memory issues, but I know I’ll be inconsolable when he dies (as we all die) because he’s been such an inspiration to me.