For most of my childhood and teenage years, I was embarrassed by my father.
Not just a little embarrassed.
Deeply, painfully ashamed.
While my friends’ parents were doctors, lawyers, and business owners, my father worked as a motorcycle mechanic in a small garage at the edge of town.
His hands were always stained with grease.
His clothes smelled faintly of …
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