Wishing a Happy Father’s Day to My Stepfather, the Felon

We all contain multitudes. His just included actual prison time.

Dana DuBois
Age of Empathy
9 min readJun 12, 2024

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A woman in a green dress and an older man in a dark green lei
Me and my stepdad in 2008. Photo from author.

My stepfather loves fresh fruit.

He and my mom spent their 30 years together in Florida, and for all the Sunshine State’s flaws, the produce is amazing. Citrus, melons, stone fruits, berries, even good ‘ole apples —…

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Dana DuBois
Age of Empathy

Publisher for Pink Hair & Pronouns and Three Imaginary Girls. Boost nominator. I'm a GenX word nerd living in the PNW with a whole lot of little words to share.