Time To Sacrifice And Start Anew

A Phoenix rises, but first must fall

Photo by Ryan Beltz on Unsplash

Let me tell you about my father, Sam Cooper.

He was an unassuming man making his way through life. Well-spoken, with several friends and a job not too demanding on his time, he lived in a modest home with my mother and me in the suburbs just like countless others.
After I finished college, my parents set me down one…