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What does "Happy Father's Day!" mean to a kid growing up without a Dad? I lost my father when I was 3 years old, so questions like "What are you doing for Father's Day?" and "What are you getting for your Dad?" reminded me I was half-broken. Poor kid! Who’ll teach him "Dad stuff"? My great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother banded together to raise me. It was like having three moms. Sometimes it felt like it was us against the world. And I watched these women closely: The way they fought for every success. The way they were kind to everybody, yet took $%^& from nobody. The way they could spot BS from a mile away. The way they innovated, planned, executed. The hard work. The perseverance. The unstoppable optimism. The yelling. The laughing. The yelling. (I was the kid who lit the dumpster fire. I did NOT make it easy for them 😬) INVESTING AS A VALUE Society told women of their day that business and stock trading was an activity for men, and my three Moms told society to blow it out their ear. All of them were active business owners, operators, and investors who took the time to teach me about money and foster my love and understanding of business. For them, investing was a value. Not a lottery ticket, not a side hustle; a value to be taught. We weren't rich, so they hatched a plan for me: when I was very young, they started making small, regular investments in $HUM and other well-chosen stocks. A few dollars here, a few dollars there... and those few dollars bloomed over many years. When I graduated from college, I used that money to start my first company, which thrives to this day. Thanks to their investments in me and the market, today I'm an investor and a business owner. I'm a lot like them... maybe with less yelling? 🤞 To all the dads out there, I salute you. I never had a Dad, but I'm doing my best to be a good one, and the job is HARD. Which is why I have to say... To the Moms of kids without Dads, hustling, working full-time jobs and still making time to parent, teaching kids how to ride a bike, turn a screw, save money, be a good human, the Moms here on Public, learning and investing to give their kids a better life, TO ALL THE SINGLE MOTHERS WHO HAVE TO DO IT ALL: Happy Father's Day! #INVEST #womenleaders #dads #momswhoinvest #girlsthatinvest #women
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