Lesson From My Father
“Interest is something you earn — never something you pay.”
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3 min readOct 14, 2019
The truck stop diner smelled like chicken fried steak and despair. I sat on a sticky vinyl seat in a booth across from my father, who was at home there.
When I was a child my father reminded me of a red-haired JFK; wise, handsome, and strong. He always had the answers. But now his hair had gone white…
