“Those whose love we wanted but didn’t get, we emulate them. It’s the only way we have in our power to get the closeness and the love that we needed and desired.
So when I was a young man and looking for a voice to meld with mine, to sing my songs and to tell my stories, well I chose my father’s voice. Because there was something sacred in it to me.
When I went looking for something to wear, I put on a factory worker’s clothes, because they were my dad’s clothes.
And all we know about manhood is what we have seen and what we have learned from our fathers, and my father was my hero and my greatest foe.”
Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen on Broadway.
So it was that the day before I turned 43, on the advice of my good friend Andy, I discovered Bruce Springsteen through the Springsteen on Broadway live recorded performance. It’s a performance of intimate and rare beauty, and of very profound wisdom. These words resonated with me, a father of three.
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A very fitting way to end this day of preparating a feast for me and my children, tomorrow, to celebrate my 42 years around the sun.
From this 
To this
I say Bring it on.