SE01 EP31 - My Dad, the Accidental Progressive

Our parents split for good reasons — Mom knew how to love us, and Allen… well, he didn’t. She built a good life after the divorce. He built walls. Now they’re both aging, both fragile in different ways — Mom recovering from a stroke, Allen in the hospital after a heart attack — and we’re grappling with how much we do or do not care.In this episode, I talk with my dad — the man who spent most of his life screaming, slapping, or throwing things — and something is happening. He is starting to soften. He talks kindly about his Muslim neighbors, the same people he once dismissed. Maybe it’s gratitude. Maybe it’s fear. Maybe it’s what happens when your world gets small and the people who show up for you aren’t who you expected.It’s a story about caregiving from both sides of a fractured family: a mom who’s always shown love, a dad learning what it actually means, and the kids caught in between — trying to make peace with both.www.buymeacoffee.com/sourdoughmodernityEmail us at: [email protected]. - WE HAVE MERCH NOW!https://ky1pgh-dy.myshopify.com/