Dad
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my dad
he was absent for most of my birthdays and major holidays
as a kid i was confused and upset
i mean didn’t he love me?
didn’t he want to see his family?
it wasn’t until i was 9 that i realized why
he was working two jobs
both had poor pay
both required lots of manual labor
yet he did this for years so that i could have what i needed
and even wanted
from new shoes to candy
he provided it
it’s from him that i learned the most important lessons:
get an education,
do that you love and love what you do,
work hard because things won’t come easy.
i’m grateful to have learned these lessons early on
they are the reason i'm in college now,
the reason i'm pursuing a degree in a field many have belittled,
the reason i know that i will fall but as long as i get up things will be ok.