Throw Back Thursday: What's a Dad?

This is just a cute story from my childhood.

As a kid starting school I heard my classmates talking about their “Dad” doing this or saying that. At first I would nod and pretend I knew what they were talking about but one day I decided to get to the bottom of things. So I asked my teacher, “What’s a Dad?” She looked down at me surprised then said, “What are you talking about? Your Dad is your father. He came to parent teacher conferences.” I connected the dots and came to the realization, “Oh, you mean Papa?” My teacher then laughed and nodded.

While growing up, my brothers and I were raised calling our father, “Papa”. So in my little world I had a Papa and a Mom and I did not know what a “Dad” was. I still to this day call him Papa and find it weird to say Dad.

When I was younger, I didn't know what a "Dad" was...