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A beautiful truibute, Blackthorn! Your second paragraph eloquently voices how I view my own father. We've been lucky, you, myself and our various siblings, to have had such great men caring for us and teaching us through their example.
My father was an electrical contractor by day, and a factory electrician at an auto plant by night. He worked until his body broke to raise eleven children, and we never wanted for a thing. He also found time to teach us how to handle a hammer and saw; attended uncountable sporting events, concerts, picnics and plays; read ever printed word that crossed his vision (and retained!); and could kick your ass at whatever card game you fancied. While not the most educated, he was the smartest person I will ever know.
Next week marks the thirteenth anniversary of his passing. I think of him every day.
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