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Eulogy For Godfather

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Christopher suggests that men when they are not with their families they are in diners, taverns, drinking, conversing, and playing pool with other men. Although I don’t completely agree with the author about some of the things he notes I do believe this one statement to be true. As I have been with my father as he sat in bar for hours on end talking and drinking with his friends. I sat in the corner eating my cheese curds and playing the naughty games on the machine. Even though we sat in the bars for hours it still didn’t change how involved he was in my life he was still there to teach me anything I wanted to know or even standing by my side as I met with public defenders and probation officers. That being said I wasn’t in trouble because

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