By Jim Hagarty
2012
I had forgotten about this completely until last week when I ran into a man I worked with from 1980 to 1995 and he told me this story.
When one of his daughters was a teenager, she got bored with her guitar and decided to sell it to make some money. Her Dad knew she would regret it but didn’t want to interfere with her need to begin making decisions of her own.
So, one day at work he asked me if I would come to his house and buy her guitar. He gave me the money to make the purchase. I went there, bought the girl’s guitar from her and left. Later, I returned it to the Dad.
Years went by, his daughter left home and sometimes he heard her reminisce about her old guitar that she had sold.
One year he wrapped it up and put it under the tree for Christmas. She was overjoyed to see it again.
Dads aren’t always the best listeners and can be stingy with the hugs and kisses and I love you’s, but we can be creative in finding our own ways to show how much we care. Among all those ways, the nice thing my former co-worker did stands out.
