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“A Father’s [Second] Spring”

2013 June 16

Nora and I are so lucky to have such great fathers in our lives. Hooray for Nora’s dad, my dad, Glen, and Tom, who are all very different, in a good way, for all the different and fantastic things they add to our lives.

I’m in love with this song on the Avett Brothers’ new album called “A Father’s First Spring.” Here’s a link to the video. And a few lines:

“Kiss of the wind in the hills,/The clearness, the morning, the late evening thrill/Blurry and grey like the roar/The wheels on the highway above them I soar./When I’m in my sweet daughter’s eyes/My heart is now ruined for the rest of all times/There’s no part of it left to give./There’s no part of it left to give./I never lived til I lived in your light” — A Father’s First Spring, Avett Brothers

Yesterday’s foot-kicking party on the way back from Lucky’s:

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