One year I was looking a good Christmas present for Dad. I looked and looked but couldn’t find anything that I wanted to get him. Dad was always driving down to the Circle K (at the time) getting coffee, so I decided I would get him a little 4 cup coffee maker. I knew Mom wouldn’t approve, but he was going down to the store all the time to get a cup of coffee anyway, so did it really matter? The following summer I was standing in the driveway with Dad talking “things” when all of a sudden he tells me how much he appreciated and enjoyed the coffee maker!! I think that was one of the best gifts that I’ve every gotten for anybody. It still means a lot to me when I think about it today. While I didn’t know it at the time, I did discover that Dad would use the drive down to Circle K to have a smoke as well. He always smelled like cigarette smoke, but I always assumed that he was hanging out with co-workers that smoked, until one day I caught him…