Had a really great Dad myself, just didn't live long enough. I only knew him as a Dad til I was 22, then I began to know him as a man and a human being. Sadly, I only had a year, then he was gone.

I don't remember the exact quote, but Mark Twain once said that at 17 he thought there was no one more stupid than his father; at 21 he was amazed at how much the old man had learned in 4 years. I really epitomized that one! But looking back, every minute of those last months were truly golden.

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