THE GIFT “The Gift” is a series about the things we’ve received, the things we’ve given, the things we remember. In big ways and small, they are gifts that have changed our lives.

Frank DeGeorge had no idea what his son down in Charlotte had sent him for Christmas. A book of some kind, maybe. Then he opened it, and it nearly took his breath. He looked at one spot in particular, saw what was there. And he thought: Steve remembered.

The memory came from more than 30 years ago, when Frank DeGeorge had a wife and five kids and no money coming in.

The family lived in Menonomee Falls, Wis., where Frank had spent decades with the National Tea grocery-store chain. He worked his way up to manager of the Milwaukee operations. But in the early ’70s, National Tea started shutting down stores and Frank was out of a job. Read Full Story

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