My Dad gave me the blueprint.
Got up and went to work every day same job for 30 years, and always kept side hustles, because my mom couldn't always work.
Took care of my mom who found out she had lupus after they got married and nursed her back to health every time she fell ill and was hospitalized and had to go through rehab. Never let her stay in in a nursing home to get better, he my sister and I took care of her at home after getting out the hospital.
Took us on trips/vacation every year, even if it was just up to Flint to visit family, driving to Florida/Texas/Georgia/Mississippi or out of the country as a teenager, he gave me my love of travel even without a lot of money, we would hop in the car and drive Everywhere.
Was crazy strict about house rules and housework being done 0 exceptions. If he came home at 1am and the dishes or whatever wasn't done, I had to get up and do it because it was my responsibility to the house.
Gave me the majority of my life game, taught me how to maneuver, I realize how much I'm like him. He could charm whatever he wanted out of people.
Was an only child and loves and looks out for his friends like blood relatives.
Checks on his mother EVERY SINGLE DAY, and will do anything for her. I had to make him go on a cruise he had planned this year because his mom was sick and he didn't really trust anyone to watch over her while he was out the country for a week. I had to swear I'd check on her every day to get him to go.
Lives by his word, I'd never question or doubt a promise he made to me, ever. I don't have that level of faith in a another living person.