My Mom and Dad grew up with me. I went everywhere with them. Even when they went to parties and dances. Dad took me with him when I was about four years old. I rode with him to the job and stayed on the drill and in the doghouse night after night. We went hunting, fishing, camping, and farming together. Mom was a Cub Scout with me. She was a Den Mother. Dad was in the Boy Scouts with me. He was a Scoutmaster. He went to Scout camp with me.
Dad helped me get into the drilling business and later joined me in the business. We were partners our whole life together. That doesn't mean we always agreed or got along. We built a drilling rig together on weekends and after drilling wells together all week. As I grew older, we found it was best not to work on the same drill shift together. But we were always equal partners. If I needed money and he had $100, he would give me half and vice versa.