A man’s biggest gift

His father smiled but didn’t say anything. His mind reminisced his 20s when he used to believe the same thing. “One day, you will understand,” he said and returned his focus to fishing.

The memory of that day was still fresh in John’s mind. Looking at the old picture in his phone they had taken on their fishing trip, he began to wonder what his father had said about the biggest gift in a man’s life.

Thinking about all the places he had been to, the parties he had thrown, the luxuries he had bought, now he knew what he meant. “Yes, you were right, dad,” John said softly with a lump in his throat.

His reverie broke when Sam called him, “Dad, let’s go. You promised we’d go fishing.”

John picked up the fishing rod and car keys, and as they walked up to the parking lot, he asked little Sam with a smile, “Do you know what a man’s biggest gift is?”