Telling Dad “Hi”

When I was about 15 year old, I decided that I was tired of just ducking my head and trying to be invisible when Dad got home from work. I decided that I would make the effort to at least tell him “Hi” when he came home. For a while, I would just get a grumbled response but after a couple of weeks something changed and he seemed to be happier to see me and would say “Hi” back.