Saw a reel asking if working a lot/not being home, but having money, or staying home/not working so much and being poor, was better for children. Yeah, well, neither one is better than the other.
My Dad worked on the railroad and Air National Guard to be away a lot, but we had money. Then he was laid off from the railroad for 7 years and retired from the military after 25 years of service. He rented the farmland he owned and sold seed corn from the garage for money, so we were on the poor side.
My childhood memories are not of him being gone nor being poor. They are riding in his beat-up pickup truck to the hardware store, him reading the newspaper to me, or hearing him laugh while watching TV. Those memories are ones I hold dear.
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