Nov 16, 2022
On this day I awoke and got up from bed. I yawned and threw on some clothes. I looked for my dad. I found him at the bottom of the swimming pool, deep in meditation. Once he was done we enjoyed some breakfast and talked about our feelings and memories of childhood. It felt so good to let go of the pain we’d been holding on to.
We decided to go for a ride on our scooters. My dad suggested that we go to a beach. We boarded our scooters and rode along the coast. It was a beautiful ride. The scenery was very pretty. It was fun to drive along the twisting roads.
Eventually we arrived to the top of a mountain. We walked to the edge and saw the beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean. We couldn’t believe we were so high up. My dad started having vertigo. I threw some water in his face to calm him down. He was feeling better in no time.
We decided to walk down to the beach. The path was quite treacherous. It went down along the face of the cliff. It got scarier and scarier. Eventually the concrete steps ended and it was just dirt. Then it became vertical and we had to use ropes to lower ourselves. My dad really started getting scared at this point. He began to mutter prayers under his breath. I could hear him sobbing quietly behind me.
We finally arrived at the beach. My father kissed the ground with joy. We played in the waves for a few hours. The water was warm like a bath. My dad didn’t want to leave. I told him that we needed to go home. He didn’t want to climb back up the mountain.
We began our ascent. It was very treacherous, especially now that we were wet. Many people were falling. Some fell all the way down to the rocks below. We could hear their screams of horror. At one point we even passed Alex Honnold. He was attempting to free solo the cliff. He had become paralyzed with fear. He held out his hand and begged me to help him. I said I couldn’t because I was already carrying my dad on my back, who by now was screaming uncontrollably and cursing the Lord for punishing him.
After a few hours we finally reached the peak. We were so relieved.
After a few hours we finally reached the peak. We were so relieved.
We drove into town and stopped for dinner. A holy pooch was waiting for me under the table. He joined me on my seat and asked for a belly rub. I agreed. After dinner we went home and slept like babies.