The Things Dads do For Sons
Many of you know that I have four sons (ranging from age 27-34). Only one son is married with a 2 year-old granddaughter and a 6 month old grandson. They had visited my wife and I for about three weeks during the first part of June.
I actually had flown down to Phoenix and helped my son drive his Bernedoodle up to Washington state (we did get a round of golf in). The dog has been with us since then and I think he is having a very good time since we have three female Labs.
But, we now have my son’s Expedition which means this afternoon I get the privilege of driving the dog down to Newport Beach, California where my son is staying for the rest of the summer. These are some of the things that dads do for their sons and the bottom line is that I would not have it any other way.
I am hoping everyone is having a good summer so far. There is nothing doing with taxes in today’s blog post, just giving an update. Have a good weekend everyone.
Paul Neiffer is a certified public accountant and business advisor specializing in income taxation, accounting services, and succession planning for farmers and agribusiness processors. Paul is a principal with CliftonLarsonAllen in Walla Walla, Washington, as well as a regular speaker at national conferences and contributor at agweb.com. Raised on a farm in central Washington, he has been immersed in the ag industry his entire life, including the last 30 years professionally. Paul and his wife purchase an 180 acre ranch in 2016 and enjoy keeping it full of animals.
Paul, a few years ago my stepdaughter, who I helped raise, ran into some financial difficulties with a business enterprise. She and her husband were going to lose their house. I got my attorney involved, and long story short, walked down the street to a banker and told him I needed $46K. He said sure. Asked me what I needed it for. I told him, and he said ‘that what we dads do isn’t it?’ I said yep! My daughter and her husband paid me back in two years!