You are his legacy. Not a business, not a reputation, not a headline. You.
Let all of those days happen. Do not apologize for any of them. michael ciancaglini daughter
There will be people, unfortunately, who try to define your father by his hardest moments. They will whisper or write things that flatten a complex, breathing, loving man into a single sentence. Do not let them. You have the truth. The truth is the way he looked at you when he was proud. The truth is the smell of his cologne on his jacket that you still can't bring yourself to wash. The truth is the sound of his laugh—a real, deep, belly laugh that only you and your family got to hear when the guard was down. You are his legacy