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- Adam, you need a firm grip on a handshake. None of this loose wrist nonsense. People in business won't take you seriously.
- And by the end of the day, something that was supposed to bring us together had made us aggravated with each other.
- Ever since I can remember, my Grandpa was in a hurry to see me grow up.
- Grandpa, what's business?
- 4 years old
- He drove my Mom a little crazy sometimes.
- 5 years old
- Nonsense. When I was his age, I had an actual rifle.
- When we got home that day, we both tried to make the most of it.
- Dad, he's too young for guns.
- You need to know how to use a torque wrench and Philips head screwdriver or you won't get very far.
- But we felt further away than ever.
- Maybe it was because he had been at work so much when his daughters were growing up...
- 6 years old
- Do you want to see my action figure?
- Or maybe it was that he never had a son of his own...
- This is a 1965 Mustang
- Absolutely not.
- Can I touch it?
- To my family, this was not a surprise, and not a big deal.
- But the man I would become always seemed more real to him than the child I was.
- You could be a Vice President in a building like that someday.
- How tall are those?!
- Even when I didn't understand, or my Grandpa wasn't that great at what he was trying to teach me, I cherished these moments that made me feel closer to him.
- This is really burnt.
- But that didn't make me feel any less lost or more connected to him.
- Looks good!
- And THAT'S how you barbecue Chicken, Adam
- Our family still jokes about the time he wanted to teach me how to play golf...
- I'm sure soccer is fun, but real men need to know how to play golf.
- Of course, but you have to pay attention.
- ...but the more I think about that day, the more I realize that I was never going to become the man my Grandpa wanted me to be.
- Can you teach me?
- It started out as you would expect...
- Just focus on the ball and try to swing the club all the way through.
- But soon, Grandpa was frustrated.
- You're not keeping the club head straight. You're not listening at all.
- Why isn't he happy with me? I'm trying.
- What's the matter with this kid? He doesn't listen to anything?
- I just wanted to spend time with him, I don't know anything about golf.
- How'd it go you two?
- Great.
- Don't worry about it honey, he's always been great at doing things, but it's harder for him to teach things.
- It felt like becoming an adult who would please him was a journey that was longer and more difficult than I knew what to do with.
- In a way, it felt like we were from different planets.
- And ever since that day, I've been trying to find a way to grow up enough, be manly enough, and have goals that were big enough for my Grandpa in the hopes that I could close that distance.
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