Mangos on Father's Day
It's mango season. The crows, iguanas and squirrels love this time. When the mangoes fall to the ground, they try to head for them. My mom and siblings also collect them, since they love mangoes.
My dad planted these mango trees, most of them. A few have sprouted up over the years, and we let them flourish. He loved gardening. We also had orange trees, coconut groves, a key lime, and a jackfruit tree. The jackfruit, the oranges and the key limes didn't survive various hurricane seasons. We still have mangoes and coconuts, though these days the mangoes are in higher demand.
In 2001, my dad died. We've had to live with that loss, though I'm better now than I was at the time. I would associate him with his gardening tools, including his machete for cutting open coconuts and bushes. My other association included bagels, because that was at the Father's Day breakfast in school.
We don't celebrate Father's Day, because my dad is not here. But my brother is going to be a father in the fall. So will my sister's partner. I wonder what will change for our celebrations, and what new fruits, metaphorical or literal, will become new associations.
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