Rich Man Finds Note Written by His Late Father in Homeless Man’s Jacket – Story of the Day
A rich man seeks refuge from a snowstorm in a homeless man’s hut only to discover a note written by his late father in the man’s jacket.
John Keys, 35, had it all. He was rich. He had a wife named Meredith and two children, a boy named Todd, 8, and a girl named China, 4, both of whom absolutely adored him because he took his responsibility as a father and husband very seriously.
When he was 5, his parents took him to the orphanage because they were very poor and could not afford to care for him. “We’ll be back for you soon okay,” he could still remember his father saying.
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They told the man in charge of the orphanage that they would definitely return for their son after they earned some money, so he promised them not to get the boy adopted.
The day was a long one for John, who terribly missed his parents. He waited and waited as the hours ticked by, expecting his parents to return the same day.
One day turned to two, then it turned to a month, and a month became a year, but John’s parents did not show up.
Thus, he was raised in an orphanage, but he never forgot the disappointment he suffered at the hands of his parents, which is why he promised himself to be a better parent.
John was a very clever child, and he took his studies very seriously until he finished school and entered college.
After that, he got a good job at a technology firm that paid him well and also provided him with brilliant opportunities to advance on his career path.
At noon one day, he was returning home from his office, which was 40 miles away, when a state of emergency was declared because of a huge snowstorm that made driving impossible.
John, who had gotten permission from his boss to leave work early, decided to ignore the warnings because of his son’s birthday party.
“I won’t disappoint him like my parents did me,” he told himself.
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He knew how much his son had been looking forward to his birthday, and he had promised the boy that he would be there to celebrate it with him. They even had matching costumes they had to wear, and he wasn’t about to pass that up.