The Kindness of Fathers

"My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers.  The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better."
―Marlo Thomas

Two sisters were complaining that their dress shoes were a bit too snug.  They needed to wear the shoes to an orchestra performance.  Given what the day looked like, their mother figured that there was no time to buy new shoes and that they would be seated for the performance, so they would be fine.  Their father ran out and bought them new shoes while they were rehearsing.