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57 The year was 1974 and I was fourteen. My father took me to his job site for the first time. He handed me a pair of work gloves that didn’t fit, and said almost nothing to me for the entire day — and that silence has turned out to be one of the most important conversations he ever had with me

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Tommy Baker @ Silicon Canals 2 place · today 06:32 EDT

The year was 1974 and I was fourteen. My father took me to his job site for the first time. He handed me a pair of work gloves that didn’t fit, and said almost nothing to me for the entire day — and that silence has turned out to be one of the most important conversations he ever had with me

Standing there in oversized work gloves, watching my silent father move through his day like I wasn't even there, I had no idea I was receiving the most profound lesson of my life—one that would take decades to fully understand.

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