Earlier this week on Facebook, I asked you to share memories of your dad. You all responded generously telling us what you learned from your fathers.

Thank you for all your wonderful reflections! Reading what you wrote makes me miss my own father who passed into heaven just two years ago. Each of us owes a lot to our fathers because they made us who we are. If not for them, we wouldn’t exist.

WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY FATHER

One of the biggest lessons that I learned from my dad was that you’re never too old to change. When he was in his late forties, he gave up beer, heavy dinners, and night life and decided to become a “health nut.”  This was in the seventies when no one took exercise or health seriously. He began jogging every day after he came home from work and insisted on eating whole grain breads that were so heavy you could barely cut them.  He went to bed at nine instead of eleven or twelve. I admired his ability to make such drastic changes, especially when no one around him was doing he same.

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