The day I saw my dad again.

23 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this personal YouTube video, Billy Sticker narrates a poignant moment when, accompanied by a Child Protective Services (CPS) worker, he walks to a massive courthouse and spots his father for the first time in months. The two race down the steps, meet in the middle, and share an emotional embrace, crying together. Billy reflects that while many people endure harsher circumstances, this reunion reshaped him more as a father than as an entrepreneur. He emphasizes a newfound resolve to give his own children the stability and life he lacked, highlighting the contrast between his entrepreneurial drive and his parental responsibilities.

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Well, the lady from Child Protective Services was walking with me down the street on our way to the courthouse. And this isn't a courthouse like what you would see on TV here in the States. It was, you know, huge. There's like these, these massive end-to-end, you know, steps going across the front of the courthouse. And I remember looking up when you turn the corner, I see the courthouse, and I looked up at the very top. And I saw my dad. This is the first time for me to see my dad in months. And, uh, he ran down the stairs and I ran up the stairs and we just met in the middle. And he sits down, he holds me in his lap, and we just both cry. So I think that whole experience— there's a lot of people that have had stuff worse than this happen, but I don't know that it shaped the entrepreneur in me as much as it did just the dad in me. You know, how can I give my kids the life and the stability that I didn't have?