Day Owl - June 16, 2024

Gelato, Boogers, and Father’s Day

Little Mentors ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏...

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Hey Folks, My wife and I talk a lot. We like to say that even the flies on the wall get bored. Chaos abounds. My son, not so much. At two, he’s the smallest of us, and somehow with gabby extroverted parents, he decided that there was enough noise around him. He listens. He reads the room. He takes his time.

It’s HOT in New York already, so last night we walked to the new gelato place down the block after bath time and PJs, which is a special treat. We ran into some friends and among the usual hugs and noise and catch up, I caught my boy perched on a stool watching it all from across the little blue gelato shop, nose running, hair damp and messy from his bath, elbows-deep into a giant waffle cone full of strawberries and cream.

When he caught me watching him, he burst into a semi-toothy grin and gave me his thumbs up that looked suspiciously like a “we’re number one” (thumbs up are still tough sometimes when you’re two). There was genuine joy in his silence. He relished the opportunity to take it all in. Goodness, how I admired him at that moment. The big secret is that the little people in our lives have so much more to teach us about our careers, our relationship, and ourselves than any podcast or Instagram Reel. All we have to do is listen.

As we grow Day Owl, I’m grateful to have mentors with boogers coming out of their noses who have life (if not quite their thumbs up) all figured out. Happy Fathers Day, Ian

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