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Elwood, you DO have some treasures to give to your son and they are right in front of your eyes. Let me tell you what happened in my family. My younger brother loved fishing more than any child I have ever seen and was always first to get into the boat. Dad was a poor man and didn't have a lot of this world's treasures because a 9-1/2 year illness with leukemia had taken everything he owned.
As he was leaving on his final trip to the hospital, he gave two fishing poles and his tackle box full of lures to my brother saying, "These are now yours; take care of them because each one is a reminder of how much I love you. It's time for you to take up where I left off fishing."
After dad's passing my brother would comfort himself with that old tackle box. He could be seen sitting in the workshop with all the lures spread out on a table. He had special stories about fish that either he or dad had caught on each lure. Over the years my brother fished with those lures and seemed to catch fish when nobody else could get a nibble.
A couple of years ago he was killed in Iraq. That old tackle box was handed down to his son and stories of their fishing trips together using those old wooden lures continue to this day.
Things don't have to be big and flashy, or expensive, to be a treasure filled with love and memories. I believe that you and your son will soon be out fishing, making mountains of memories together.
Originally Posted by psprowler
