Dad's 80th birthday party

DAD: "I want to just sit in this chair and be left alone all day."
DAD: "Why do you and Bonnie like to torment me?"
DAD: "I don't want my picture in the paper. But if you need a picture use that one on the wall, it's a pretty good one."
DAD: "I'm NOT going."
DAD: "I've made up my mind that I'm not going to enjoy it-and I'm NOT!"
On the way home after the open house;
DAD: "Well, it was a pretty nice afternoon."
KEVIN: "Are you glad you changed your mind and went?"
DAD: "Yea, I guess so."
I just sat in the backseat and smiled as I looked to the heavens and said "thank-you"