The fact that my Pepere grew up on a farm in Lisbon, Maine tells me a lot about him personally. His father worked in a lumber mill and my Pepere would often have to help with the farm work. I have a lot of respect for a person who does physical labor. It shows that the person is a hard worker, it takes a strong man to work on a farm every day. He

worked on that farm until he turned sixteen and enlisted in the army. I can not wrap my head around what he was thinking to lie about his age to be put into the army. It must have been a strong need to fight for his country.

I remember few things about my Pepere. One of the few things that I do remember is before I would walk into the door to his house a freshly popped bag of popcorn would be waiting for me. That is the way that he finished the remainder of his life. He worked at a paper factory and lived with my grandmother. Every Saturday we would visit them. From what my mother has told me about him he was always hard but fair with her when she was younger.

I feel a debt of gratitude to my Pepere for teaching me what being a man is all about. Sadly he was not able to teach me these things himself whi

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