I REMEMBER IT WELL...it was about 3 months before you died. You started talking about LAWYERS, especially since you and I had seen a lot of them in the 3 years before your death...all because someone had neglected to fix a little hole in the street that, as a result turned into a huge sinkhole...so instead my husband had to learn to walk again and eventually lost his sight...and lost 7 years of working forcing me to work round the clock to feed the family...
I remember how you spoke with sadness about the way people used to do business with a handshake, a promise...a person's word was their word...no need for lots of documents and lawyers and miles of paperwork...if you said you were going to do something you did it...and if you failed to do so...you made it right.
THEN you turned to your grandchildren and told them you didn't think that this country needed another BILL OF RIGHTS but instead a BILL OF RESPONSIBILITIES...
ON A HANDSHAKE...what would the world be like if people still kept their word...
MISS YOU DADDY !