Every now and then, one of these tears your gut
 

Wow,this is some powerful stuff.

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Damn. Great kid. Great story. Thanks.

God damn onions.

Allergies getting to me.

Incredible.

I hope that kid can one day have a good father figure.

Dang, dude. I just had to read this at work. I think it's dusty in here.

His mom must be some kind of special.

She's certainly doing something right.

Great story and great kid with what must be a great Mom!

Which to me shows
1 good parent> 2 bad ones
My dad died when I was 12 and I always said 12 years with him was better than a lifetime with a bad dad.

Not to nitpick or try to make the Colonel out as some idiot, but I bet if he had had more time to think it over he'd have told that kid something like..."ya know what, this was just an awesome thing for you to do, but to tell you the truth this note you wrote me is worth more than any money you could ever give, I bet your Dad would've wanted you to take this $20 and go buy yourself something cool with it".

I believe it said he actually already gave away the $20 bill to someone else and kept the note saying it gave him a lifetime reminder to always be better.

Right, I caught that, just seems like such sweet kid with a tough luck story like that should've been able to go buy something.

Sorry I took up the bandwidth.

Is this goodbye?