I used to tell my father he was a failure.<\/p>\n
Not in a moment of anger, not once or twice \u2014 but over and over, in a hundred small, cutting ways I thought were just \u201cbeing honest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re such a failure, why did you have four kids?\u201d I\u2019d snap, standing in the kitchen of our peeling house while he unlaced his steel-toed boots.<\/p>\n
He would just smile. A tired, quiet smile that never quite reached his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll try to do better, kiddo,\u201d he\u2019d say. \u201cYou just keep studying.\u201d<\/p>\n
I was convinced I saw him clearly.<\/p>\n
He worked three jobs.<\/p>\n
Not three impressive, LinkedIn-worthy careers.<\/p>\n
Three uniforms. Three name tags.<\/p>\n
Day shift at a warehouse. Evenings mopping office buildings. Weekends delivering pizzas in a beat-up car that rattled when he turned the ignition.<\/p>\n
I told myself he\u2019d made every wrong choice. That he was proof of what happened if you didn\u2019t aim higher.<\/p>\n
So I aimed higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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