Gifts from my father

Growing up, my mother was my go-to parent.  She was more dynamic, more explanatory.  I think she did a good job with me.  My dad was more distant.  But now I realize I have traits I probably got from my father.  I think first among them is a certain quiet.  I am not easily aroused to temper.  If I am, I am usually in control of myself and my thinking.  As I understand it, my father tried selling insurance and made very little.  Eventually, he tried working as a tool-and-die maker, which I guess was a more solitary, more detailed job that relied on speech much less. I am not sure where I got my rather high level of speech from.  I do know that my stepfather said that he thought I had been vaccinated with a phonograph needle.