THE FIRST 10 YEARS
Excerpts From A Father's Life
By Matthew Kennedy
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There really isn't anything to say about me. I am in the midst of living my life and have all of the maturity of kindergarten student who had too much sugar and a lot of bad ideas. I am one of seven from Rochester N.Y. I had parents, two of them. I have it on pretty good authority that they also had parents.
I came to Los Angeles to follow my dream of inventing a vending machine that dispenses vending machines. Someday they will litter the country and I can tell my kids "see what happens when you follow your dream." Until then, I'll just keep my nose to the grindstone.
For some reason I got some education, but it was lost on me and served no purpose when one of my kids said, "Why?" and then said it again and again. But experience taught me that when a child has boxed you in, go with what you know, "because I am your father, that's why!" I found that doesn't really work either, but as a parent it's all about buying time.
In the course of making my dream a reality I accidentally tripped and found myself working in a law office. And let me tell you, no one shines a name plate better than me. So I work. Don't we all.
