IT STARTED
WITH ONE
MAN.
My grandfather knew who he was by what he could do. My dad was the same. A Marine. Master Sergeant. The standard. The rank.
That's what most men build on. And at some point, for every man, it gets taken away.
I walked away from the path he lined up for me. And for a long time, I didn't create. I proved.
Alzheimer's took everything my dad built his identity on. What was left underneath was someone I hadn't seen before.
What he carried his whole life passed to me in that room.
What I carry now, I'm passing to my son.
This wasn't built from strength. It was built from being emptied. From finally standing on the foundation that was there the whole time.
— Scott Soliz —