I called my parents to ask them to keep today's newspaper for me

"I haven't seen the newspaper today - what's the news?"
"Well, they repealed a law in them & I wanted to keep it"
"Which law?"
"The one decriminalizing homosexuality"
"Right. Ok. Sure. We'll keep it for you"

My father is v. awkward around the issue. And in highschool/college, when I told my mom of family friend being gay, she was silent & said OK.
I know my parents have v. different values. But the one thing I love about them is they are like Topol - resistant at first but always willing to change & accept.
There are so many times in my teens & early 20s, when I wondered if I was adopted and how I could possibly be related to people who don't share any of my beliefs.
But now that I am older I think of all the ways they've accepted differences that go against their core and I see how they are the more open of the lot of us.

Thank you Amma & Daddy - for constantly teaching me so much.