Our Last Day Together

I heard that the movie Onward was supposed to be good. It’s new on Disney+. I looked it up and read that it was about 2 boys who got to spend one last day with their late father. 

Dad, if I were to spend one more day with you, there is so much I would want to do. I know I would want to do the things that make you so happy, like seeing the Rangers, taking in a great show, or going to a Top Chef restaurant. I would also want to do the things that felt special to our relationship, like grab lunch during the workweek, talk about the next party we were both planning, or come up with rules for our Top Chef fantasy league. 

But I would also want to do the things we will never get to do together. I would want you to see my new apartment. I would ask you to walk me down the aisle. I would go on another trip with you and Mom and do our morning workouts in the gym. I would show you the new inflatable pool. I would flip through records with you to see which doubles you would let me take for my new apartment. 

Our actual last day together was kind of perfect though. We saw a great show, Madea, at the BAM Harvey Theater in Brooklyn. We rode the subway and you fretted  over leaving your phone at the theater, until we discovered it was in your bag. You did that a lot. We got coffee and chatted. We were treated to dinner at L’Amico, the restaurant responsible for the food at my wedding. We were thoroughly wined and dined. And then I threw you in a cab when we realized you could make the next train.

I could spend hours planning what our last day would look like. It would be a blend of your favorite things, our favorite things, and the things that will never be for us. It would be a jam packed day. This day won’t happen though. At least our last day together was 8 hours of fun. It was full of smiles and laughter. And nothing can ever take our last day away from us.