A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen & Hanoch McCarty & Meladee McCarty

Author:Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen & Hanoch McCarty & Meladee McCarty [Canfield, Jack & Hansen, Mark Victor & McCarty, Hanoch & McCarty, Meladee]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781558744592
Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC
Published: 2007-12-27T18:30:00+00:00

Suddenly, he heard the roar of the approaching train. He held me tightly in his arms and gently kissed me on

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the cheek. With tear-filled eyes, he murmured, "I love you, my son." Then the train arrived, the doors closed him inside, and he disappeared into the night.

One month later, at age 46, my father died. I am 76 as I sit and write this. I once heard Pete Hamill, the New York reporter, say that memories are man's greatest inheritance, and I have to agree. I've lived through four invasions in World War II. I've had a life full of all kinds of experiences. But the only memory that lingers is of the night when my dad said, "I love you, my son."