My Dad Part 2 "Unselfish Generosity"

One of the greatest aspects of my dad was his generosity. I have known no other person in the world so generous. Even in small things my dad was extremely unselfish.

Whenever we would be eating supper and the last roll (or last anything for that matter) was left in the plate, he would never eat it and sometimes would drive you crazy trying to give it to you. When Tabitha started driving, he would give her gas money sort of under the table. I don't know if he ever knew that I knew he was doing that.

When I was a teenager, I wanted a set of drums. Dad was a cabinet maker and during my teen years money was very hard to come by for anyone who built things for a living. Dad made a deal with a man to build a set of cabinets and trade them for a set of drums. They were vintage Rogers drums and at the time were collectors items (though I didn't know that). I wished I still had them. Dad did the same thing for my first car. He was amazing!

I always wondered how my parents struggled yet had plenty for my brother and me. That had to be a gift from God. I believe that people who are unselfish always have a bucket full of blessings for others. That was my father. He was a bucket full of blessings to everyone he came in contact with. I believe that the scriptures still say, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Dad was proof of that.