Family and Character Building

I was disowned by my father in 2005 over $50. He'd had loaned me a small sum of money in order to help out with some moving expenses which I was paying him back in $50 increments. One day, on the way home from work, my aging Dodge Neon crapped out. I'd already been driving with no air conditioning and other engine failings that needed repair, but this day the windshield wipers went and I had to drive the ten miles home in a rain storm with no wipers. We decided to trade in the car. My father ...