He told me that some things should be left to the professionals and he began to tell me about his job as a HVAC technician
I didn’t know that my father was an HVAC technician. He never really talked about his job. I just knew that he worked and he would often have some very odd hours. I did know that dad was able to fix anything that broke inside our house and I also knew that I wanted to be just like him. I couldn’t remember any time when he would need to call a plumber or an electrician. If he had called one of them, I may have been able to figure out that he knew all about HVAC. When I got married and moved out, I thought that I should be able to fix anything that broke, just like my dad. I remember hovering over his shoulder and watching his every move. When our furnace broke, I told my wife to not even think about calling the HVAC company. I was really confident that I would be able to fix the furnace. I spent most of the day just trying to tear the furnace apart. I was pretty sure I knew what the problem was, but getting to the right furnace component was proving to be more difficult than I imagined. I finally called my dad the following day and I asked him for his help. He showed up with a smile and his tools. He told me that some things should be left to the professionals and he began to tell me about his job as a HVAC technician. It only took him a couple of hours to complete the repairs and he showed me what I had been doing wrong with the furnace. I’m still going to be just like him someday.