Stormy day

Today was the first stormy day here in Glenwood Springs after all that terrible heat.
The wind was very strong and it even rained a little bit.
I miss fresh air and rains a lot. Back in Moscow I liked to walk under the rain and think about life.

Because of the storms they turned off the gondolas in the park and everyone had to take this dirty bus to get back to the basement.


In the gift store I see a lot of families every day, and I was surprised to notice how a lot of fathers are quite rude with their kids. I thought that was only true for Russia.
Today there was a father and his small 5 or 6 year old daughter in the shop. I was looking at them and I noticed how the man was kind to his daughter, and how he was explaining her something in a very caring manner.
Then they approached me to pay for what they were going to buy. That man gave me his credit card and I started explaining him several things like I always do when they pay with cards. He listened to me, but his face had that strange expression like he didn't understand what I wanted from him. I finished and then his small daughter made him lean down a little bit and started explaining everything once again...he had a very weak hearing I think. It looked very touchy - this 5 year-old girl caring about her dad.
I was pleased to see that kind of loving and caring realtionship between a father and a child. One of my most favorite movies "I am Sam" (with Sean Penn starring) came to my mind.
I remember first time I saw it I didn't really like it because the movie was about the unconditional love of a little girl to her father with mental disability and of his unconditional love to his daughter, and it seemed to me to be so unrealistic... When what I see around and particularly in families is mostly hatred.
Then I started liking the movie, because even though this kind of realtionship - caring and unconditional - might seem far from real life, it still exists somewhere.