I was over at my friend Curt’s house two weeks ago and over coffee asked him what he was reading. He mentioned The Road, Cormac McCarthy’s new book. I had never read anything by McCarthy. But Curt warned me it was “bleak”. I picked it up last week and read half of it in one sitting. The last half in one long night till 3pm this weekend as my daughter slept in the twin bed next to me in my childhood room at my parents house this labor day weekend. Now a parent myself, this is a truly heart wrenching book to read. Such a bleak and dark vision of the future. The story is not so much about the future though as the trauma and heartache of having to drag your child through a dangerous and dark world. All the lengths you would go to as a parent. How far would you go? On the plane back to Seattle, Finn and I were sitting next to each other on the plane. Both wearing blankets, the plane was cold. Finn asked me for my blanket because she was cold. I gave it to her immediately. She said “dad you didn’t have to do that”. I said yes i did, that is what fathers do for their daughters.

All life’s choices should be that easy.