“Like My Father”

The title is in quotes for a reason. It’s a song. This Sunday I am not writing about my father, Winfield Kernechel George, though later this month he would be celebrating his 111th birthday! Back to the song. “Like My Father” is written and performed by a woman who goes by the name of Jax. She is Tiktok famous. She has a great voice. She was a third place American Idol finisher. She is beautiful. She is funny. And, she may have written the perfect song.

Again, back to the song. She is singing to all of us, or to a potential lover, about the kind of love she wants in her life. It all comes down to this. She wants a marriage like her parents had and she wants to be treated like her dad treats her mom. “I want to grow old with someone who makes me feel young”. She concludes by saying that if she has a daughter, she wants her husband to treat their daughter the same way, “to love a queen, because she knows she’s royalty”.

I am not doing justice to the song in these few short paragraphs. Jax takes three short verses and perfectly expresses a feeling. Please check it out. I’m pretty sure you will love it. Or, am I giving too much weight to the song because it expresses a major regret in my life. I was unable, in my life, to give my children that. I was unable to be a role model for a great relationship. I know those relationships exist. It is not just Jax’s parents, though theirs seems really good. I’ve seen it with some of my siblings and, over the years, with friends and coworkers. You know who you are!

Interestingly, I did not see it growing up with my parents. Maybe that and a plethora (love that word!) of other reasons have led me down my life path? But that is for another blogpost. Right now, I am going to listen again to “Like My Father” by Jax. I hope you will join me!