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he was smiling and basking in pride, looking back at her as if to reply, "you got that right."
the ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. he proudly responded, "please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adult tickets so i can take my family to the circus."
the ticket lady quoted the price. the man's wife let go of his hand, her head dropped, and his lip began to quiver. the father leaned a little closer and asked, "how much did you say?"
the ticket lady again quoted the price. the man didn't have enough money.
how was he supposed to turn and tell his eight kids that he didn‘t have enough money to take them to the circus? seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. (we were not wealthy in any sense of the word!)
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