That picture
brings tears to my eyes. My relationship with my
father is as strong as anyone can have. I guarantee
you there were times when the only person even
bothering to click on those entries was that man. The
only person who believed and believed and believed.
And the moment I picked him up Tuesday the respect and
love between us was uncompromising. It was a
culmination of our entire lives. To say he's proud of
me is just such an understatement. We're both so
goddamn excited that we can barely contain it. My
dad's never been that emotional (that was saved for me
apparently), but it was cute to realize that we were
both just having the same conversation over and over
again because it felt good. It's like watching a
favorite movie...we'd go out to eat and just repeat
the same conversation about Up & Adam we'd had for
3 weeks - and just smile and reflect.
The thing that he
really felt this time though... was how
different it feels. I mean we hung out at
CBS all day Thursday, the crew and everyone had a big
series wrap-up luncheon at Morton's, the next night
Tyson's fiancee got us into Real Time with Bill Maher.
We were able to get around everyone waiting in line
and come in from backstage as I winded him
through the whole complex. Afterwards we went to
Bill's after-party... all the while intermittent
conversations about eveyone's excitement for Up &
Adam. From his perspective: WOW. Even the stage
dude from The Price is Right bit was so excited when
I told him (he was the stage dude for Bill Maher
as well, same stage) that he came back like 15 minutes
later and just shook my hand again so proud. My dad
just looked at me like... "Jesus Adam." It made me
feel so good, 'cause I knew what he was sensing:
that everyone around me is genuinely happy for me -
which means I've been good to them. I've treated them
with respect, I've earned their respect in return and
that just has to be a proud moment for any father in
any situation. Through his eyes, I saw just, how, big,
this would be.
As all trips, this
was too short - but I'm flying him to NY next week to
continue the "celebration" and he'll be able to see me
introduce the winner on The Early Show. Jesus, how fun
is this. Ha! As I type it I can't even believe
how much things have changed in the past 6 months. Can
you imagine what the next 6 months are gonna
bring? Man it makes me dizzy.
So the Kontras'
boys had some fun this week. Watched some movies, ate
some pizza, and reflected on a wondrous story about
hope, perserverance and a bit of luck. Here's to the
continuation in New York and the adventure that's soon
to begin.
There's no turning
back now....
Adam
PS -
the "Like Son, Like Father" title is not a
reference meaning I'm better or that my
dad somehow takes after me. LOL. It was in
relation to the
video
of both of us screwing up our announcer
lines. Heh. I just happened to screw them
up first, therefore: Like Son, Like
Father. Just want to clear that up.
:-)
