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SUDDENLY, THE OLD MAN REACHED TOWARD THE SKY WITH A LOOK OF BEWILDERMENT. EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME, HE NEVER WANTED TO THINK ABOUT IT. IN AN INSTANT, HE SAW HIS LIFE FLYING BY AND HE WONDERED... WHERE HAD ALL THE TIME GONE. SO MANY THINGS LEFT TO DO. WHY NOW? IT SEEMED LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY, HE WAS A BOY WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD. KITES AND WAGONS, STICKBALL AND BROKEN WINDOWS. LONG HOT SUMMER NIGHTS UNDER THE STARS WITH FRIENDS TELLING TALL TAILS ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF THEIR FATHERS. THERE WAS A BOND THERE THAT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO UNDERSTAND AS A CHILD. BUT, AS HE GREW OLDER AND WATCHED HIS FATHER SET THE EXAMPLE, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR TO HIM THAT A FATHER WAS MORE THAN JUST A FEROCIOUS OLD BEAR THAT SAT AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE. MUCH MORE. HE WAS A TEACHER. HE TAUGHT THE KIND OF THINGS THEY DON'T TEACH IN SCHOOL. LIKE THE VALUE OF AN HONEST DAYS WORK, A PROMISE MADE IS A PROMISE KEPT. HE TAUGHT THE LOVE OF FAMILY. HE WAS A HEALER. A MENDER OF BROKEN KNEES AND BROKEN HEARTS. HE WAS A BUILDER OF HOMES. FUTURES. BUT MOST OF ALL, A FATHER WAS A DREAMER. HE LEARNED THEY BECOME DREAMERS WHEN THEY BECOME FATHERS. IT STARTS THE FIRST DAY WITH SMALL DREAMS, OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH. THEN AS YOU GROW UP, THE DREAMS GET BIGGER. THAT YOU'LL COME HOME SAFELY EVERYDAY. THAT YOUR HEART WILL NEVER BE BROKEN, AND THAT YOUR LIFE WILL BE MUCH EASIER THAN HIS. AND SOMETIMES AT NIGHT, A FATHER DREAMS OF PRECIOUS MOMENTS HE MAY HAVE LOST ALONG THE WAY, WORKING A LITTLE TOO HARD TO MAKE SURE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE, THE OLD MAN SMILED. HE BEGAN TO REMEMBER THE GREAT MOMENTS IN HIS LIFE. HIS CHILDRENS' FIRST BIRTHDAYS, THEIR FIRST CHRISTMASES. THEIR FIRST LOVES. THEIR FIRST CHILDREN. AND EVEN THOUGH NONE OF THEM BECAME PRESIDENT OR INVENTED ANYTHING EARTH SHATTERING TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. HE COULD SEE THE RESULTS OF WHAT HIS FATHER HAD TAUGHT HIM, IN THEM. AND HE KNEW HE HAD DONE HIS JOB WELL, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, MAYBE THE WORLD WAS A LITTLE BETTER. HE WAS PROUD. HE ONLY WISHED HE COULD TELL THEM THAT ONE MORE TIME. YES, THE TIME HAD GONE BY A LITTLE TOO FAST. BUT TODAY, WAS HIS DAY. HE WAS A BOY AGAIN, WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD.