I STOPPED TO HELP AN OLD MAN INTO A RESTAURANT—AND HE CHANGED THE WAY I SEE MY OWN DAD It was supposed to be a quick pizza run. I’d just finished a brutal shift at the shop, my hands were still covered in grease, and all I wanted was a large pepperoni and my couch. But right as I pulled into the lot, I saw this older guy standing at the edge of the sidewalk. He had one of those metal canes, the kind that clinks with every step, and he was trying to make it up the curb outside Salerno’s. People were walking by, rushing in or out with their takeout bags, barely glancing at him. I don’t know what made me stop—maybe guilt, maybe instinct—but I rolled down my window and asked, “You need a hand?” He looked over, kinda surprised, and nodded. Didn’t say much, just smiled. So I parked, jogged over, and held out my arm. He gripped it with more strength than I expected. We moved real slow, and I noticed his shoes were the kind my dad used to wear—big, clunky orthopedic ones with Velcro straps. I suddenly had this weird flash of Dad standing in our kitchen, trying to open a jar, getting frustrated, and pretending he wasn’t. I got the old man inside, and the hostess greeted him like she knew him. She said, “Hey, Mr. Benning, usual table?” He chuckled and said, “Not alone today.” Then he looked at me and said, “You hungry, son?” I didn’t know what to say. I hadn’t planned to stay, but the way he said it—it felt like maybe this wasn’t just about the pizza. (read the continuation in the first cᴑmment)👇

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