The Budget of Paradox

Sophia, when I was in Afghanistan, I discovered a movie called Chef. I think it’s a cute little story about a father re-connecting with his child after they’ve been slowly separated for a while. It reminded me of my children. In a way, I wanted this story to be mine. In the movie, the father finds himself depressed and lonely, doubting his skills, at one point saying, “I don’t even know if I have anything left to say.”

I think the premise of the film is true: That fathers add tremendous value to their children’s lives, to teach them, to guide them, to inspire them, to love them.

What’s really strange is that I sent a DVD of this movie to Morey, but she refused to watch it for some bizarre reason. The more I pressed her to watch it, the more she refused. Finally, she told me your mother watched the movie to be sure it’s appropriate and that I wasn’t sending Morey harmful material. What a joke. Being without a father is harmful, but your mother’s crazy suspicion won’t ever see that fact. Instead, she badly wants to believe I’m hurting my own kids even when I’m trying to do the opposite.

Anyway, I posted the movie here so you could watch it, right here, right now. Watching this on your phone won’t give you the same experience as watching on a big screen. But I hope you get the idea.

https://black.blue/flat/docs/chef888.m4v

p.s. I’m not a chef. But there is plenty I can teach you. I love you, kid.