CHARLIE'S BOY BREAKS THE FRAME! with Justin C. Stauffer

His dad was an alcoholic.A lost sheep.The bad guy.That was the portrait of him painted by the conservative religious (Mennonite) culture that Charlie married into, and which was then framed and hung, as it were, on the wall over his son's childhood. Behold your dad.In his book, Charlie's Boy, Justin travels back through time to his 12th summer, and he meets his dad all over again. Like, who is this guy? Who am I? And he looks this time with a little different eyes. Eyes that aren't afraid to love his dad.Under that kind of look, boy how his dad grows! He becomes a living, breathing, human being no frame could ever hold. Charlie steps out from the pages of the book, steps forth from his frame, a free man.You can find Charlie's Boy here. Look for seller Stauffer and Sons.-Song, in part, inspired by Stay In Your Lane by Courtney Barnett.