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Show Frank Nishiguchi 11-19-84 s1:6 I was a youngster: Out of the fires of adversity comes a dh''fe~·Afj of steel. And this is your . Andit was. It was a time to mature. A time to realise that hey, I wouldn•t be always able to run to my father for decisions and thingslike this. It was time for me to make up my mind and live by my decisions. And so it -was a time of growing up, really. Even though, even though I was -- I was 23? -- S That•s young. FN No but then a fellow, you think of maturity at 21. And -- but it•s an interesting timeof life. And r•m glad that he had the presence of mind and the foresight enough to let me grow. You know, too often fathers will say, do this and do that and do this. And pretty soon, when they•re gone, now, jiminy crickets, now what am I going to do. I had this happen with a neighbor of mine. The gentleman was in his late forties ormrly 50s when he lost his father. And he would come to me. I was just fresh out of the army. And he•d say, well, Frank, what do you think I ought to do. And r•d say, well, Howard, I think it•s your decision tomake. But f it were me, this is what I would do. And! would tell him and then he 1d turn around and do just the opposite of what I told him and then several times, he - he ruined a potatoe crop. Because he watered right in the mddle of the day when it was extremely hot and I told him not to do that~cause that would cook his crops. And thepotatoes went brown and died. And So anyway, r•m glad that! had that experience of learning the hard way, if you really want to call it that way. But myburden of responsibilities, |
