{"product_id":"breakfast-with-my-father-9780995706866","title":"Breakfast with my Father","description":"\u003cp\u003eMy father divorced my mother when I was 5. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus began a life long adventure in looking for and (mostly) not finding my father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy passion for writing poetry came as I discovered a viable tool for processing my anger, confusion, guilt and fractured self image.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Breakfast with my Father'' began in 2016 as I made my way from California to Minnesota. On the way to my newly appointed church music position, I travelled through the city of my birth, Bismark, N.D. I visited for the first time the house where I lived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI visited the church my father pastored. I visited with the, now, aged woman who took care of me during the first two years of my life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI found myself immersed into the life of my parents; their thoughts about each other and the descision to grow their little fractured family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems are my attempt at reconciling the feelings of a 5 year-old with those of a grown man, father and grandfather. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is my pilgrimage. I do not relate actual historical events or empirical truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are welcome to join me!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flanko Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995706866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.19d","brand":"Wendell Keith Reed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325049901237,"sku":"9780995706866","price":8.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f2e5faf3-29cb-4b05-8d8b-fb8e6a6f2a1f.jpg?v=1660015092","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/breakfast-with-my-father-9780995706866","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}