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Twenty years ago, my grandfather lived alone in a small
apartment after my grandmother passed away. My father tried
to visit my grandfather every day, cooking dinner, cleaning
rooms, or fixing something, for 17 years, until 2010, when they
moved into a big apartment and lived together. Now, my father
gets up at 5:00 am and then cooks a particular breakfast for
my grandfather, whose stomach is very weak, every morning.
Because my father needs to take good care of my grandfather
every day, he has never taken a long trip to another city for
more than ten years. However, he enlarges his knowledge by
continuing to read all kinds of books.
All of the above are my father, my best role model, a
common man. He taught me what it is to “contribute” and how
to protect the most important things in life. Although I cannot
become him because I think I am more selfish than him, I will
do my best to learn from his example, until I find what is the
most important in my life.
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