The Greatest Lesson My Father Ever Taught Me

"I did learn one thing from my father: character matters."

by Rik Mikals

"As I stated earlier, my grandparents had money. So what I saw my father do that day filled me with something I'd never felt for him before:
pride.

In the corner funeral hall, I could hear my aunts talking with disgust.
My aunts - like my grandparents - had a lot success ...

in their careers and had married well. I couldn't believe my ears as I heard them berate my grandfather.

He'd left all of his money to his second wife, their stepmother.

Hearing them bicker, my father - the one with no money and the one who was continually berated for not being successful

- got up from his chair.

He walked over to his sisters and their husbands, ....
...He gave a nod and said

"See those two fishing poles in the corner?

Those are mine."

He walked over to the poles grabbed them, and walked out of the reception,...

... He could've easily been bitter about the money he didn't receive, but instead it was the moments he'd shared with his dad that seemed to matter the most." ...

And in the end, he shared something with me, ..."... continue to this article ...