Just three words from a man who had already spent nearly two years proving them through his actions…..

“Then why are you still helping?”

He shrugged.

“Parents don’t quit before their kids do.”

He said *parents* without even noticing.

I noticed.

A few months later, he married Mom.

Not long afterward, they opened a college savings account for me.

There wasn’t much money to spare.

Some months they could contribute a little.

Other months almost nothing.