An Obstinate Daughter

I did something I’ve been putting off for a while and it was great 
When we first moved to Charleston, my dad wanted to come out right away 
We had Covid from the movers and that delay led to another delay and winter arrived and he didn’t want to risk getting into an ice storm heading back home to Oklahoma 
So, we said we would do it later 
He died in May 
We never got a later
The first restaurant I planned on taking him to was, the Obstinate Daughter
The name alone had me interested 
After he passed, I just lost interest 
Today we went 
The food was spectacular and it was as good as I had hoped 
Doing a thing
Anything, after a loss
Feels bittersweet 
I miss him 
He would have had a lot to say about the price of oysters 
He would have charmed the waitress 
He would have liked it  
It got me thinking
Is there anything in your life that you have put off?
Something that still lingers in the air?
Unfinished 
I say it’s time to do it 
Maybe it’s a 5k
A big trip somewhere amazing 
An unfinished project 
Sitting there waiting on you 
Whatever it is that waits 
Take it up
Go do it 
Make it happen 
Tomorrow is not a given 
None of us ever know when it’s the last time 
Until it is 
So, eat the oysters 
And smile for your memories 
Because an obstinate daughter says so