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In reply to the discussion: DUers, what did your dad do or say during your childhood that has influenced how you live [View all]steve2470
(37,461 posts)If you don't want to read a post extolling a father, it's time to click out now......
My father was one of the best men I ever met. He passed away in 2010 of Parkinson's Disease at age 92. He survived the Depression, was a Captain in WW2 with Patton in Europe, came home, graduated first in his class at UF Law School, joined a small law firm and did exceptionally well in that profession. It's unfortunate his marriage to my mother was so troubled. Anyway, moving on....
He was a man of high integrity. He was very kind, too kind really. He really loved my brother and I, but like some men of his generation, could not easily show it. He was a real pillar of the community, both at home and in public. My son is now an adult, and I can honestly say in some ways I was inferior to my dad in some ways. In other ways, I was not. He was an absolutely wonderful father. He did many things with me. He was the leader of my Boy Scout troop and hiked the Appalachian Trail at age 52 (!) with my brother and I.
I could go on and on, but my Dad was really wonderful. Yes, he was human with faults, but as I said earlier, he set an extremely high bar for me as a father.
Now I'm getting a bit emotional.