The other day my wife was preparing fish for dinner.
It was something that I have not had since childhood, trout. As I watched her carve the fish, it reminded me of a sight I had seen many times, my dad preparing trout that we had just caught.
We didn’t have much money growing up, 
but we always went away for family vacations. It was really important to my parents that we created special family memories with what little we had.
I’m not sure what they personally sacrificed at the time so we could afford to do these things, but after watching them sacrifice over a lifetime for us, I know they did without something so we could create these amazing memories.
But it was never really about the fishing, it was about being together as a family and doing something fun outside of the home.
I can still picture standing there next to the lake, fishing pole in hand, surrounded by our connected little family unit. Most of the other details have escaped me now, but that doesn’t really matter.
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