Thanks so much, Robin. Watching Daddy "play" with his stamps mark some of our best moments together. I think he was really a teacher, at heart. He loved sharing the details of each of his special treasures.
He also sold and traded stamps - working on a system of trust that when he sent out stamps to other collectors via snail mail (which is all he had to work with back then, and of course, the stamps!) that he'd get cash or a check in return mail. I remember the few times he didn't, him typing out on his old manual typewriter his famous "Ten Commandments" letter, Thou shalt not steal!
I asked him once when I was older if that worked. He said yes, nine times out of ten. Not sure if that would work as well today, but those were more trusting times, I think.
Love hearing that your dad was also a philatelist!
Superb episode! I love how you thread the past and present together and how lovingly you portray your Dad and capture his influence on you to honor humanistic values. You say it so well here:
"It is our responsibility to decide for ourselves, our families, our communities, and generations yet to come how we want to shape that."
Thank you, Patti. He had a huge influence on me, for sure. He was a CPA-poet-philosopher and philanthropist who was mostly self-taught. He never got to go to college but he was one of the smartest people I’ve ever known. And always thinking of others.
When my dad died, at 88, my aunt, his sister, who idolized her big brother, said, «We were lucky to have him as long as we did.»
Great read, and reminded me of my childhood love of stamp collecting. My great aunt got me into it, and it was our special bond, much like the one you portrayed with your father. I’ll be digging out my stamps, soon, I think. Thanks!
Robin, like your father, mine was an avid stamp collector all his life. Your loving tribute moves me, and I'm saving it. Thank you.
Thanks so much, Robin. Watching Daddy "play" with his stamps mark some of our best moments together. I think he was really a teacher, at heart. He loved sharing the details of each of his special treasures.
He also sold and traded stamps - working on a system of trust that when he sent out stamps to other collectors via snail mail (which is all he had to work with back then, and of course, the stamps!) that he'd get cash or a check in return mail. I remember the few times he didn't, him typing out on his old manual typewriter his famous "Ten Commandments" letter, Thou shalt not steal!
I asked him once when I was older if that worked. He said yes, nine times out of ten. Not sure if that would work as well today, but those were more trusting times, I think.
Love hearing that your dad was also a philatelist!
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Superb episode! I love how you thread the past and present together and how lovingly you portray your Dad and capture his influence on you to honor humanistic values. You say it so well here:
"It is our responsibility to decide for ourselves, our families, our communities, and generations yet to come how we want to shape that."
Thank you, Patti. He had a huge influence on me, for sure. He was a CPA-poet-philosopher and philanthropist who was mostly self-taught. He never got to go to college but he was one of the smartest people I’ve ever known. And always thinking of others.
When my dad died, at 88, my aunt, his sister, who idolized her big brother, said, «We were lucky to have him as long as we did.»
Great read, and reminded me of my childhood love of stamp collecting. My great aunt got me into it, and it was our special bond, much like the one you portrayed with your father. I’ll be digging out my stamps, soon, I think. Thanks!