STILLWATER — When Nathaniel McGriff watches his son play basketball, he takes solace in knowing his efforts have mattered.
All those hours working as an American Airlines skycap, in the men's locker room of a Dallas-Fort Worth country club and even that bartending gig on the side, they're all validated when he gets to see Cameron McGriff on a basketball court.
“It really lets me know that he understands what I'm doing and why I'm doing it,” Nathaniel McGriff said. “That's everything. All my hard work and money I've spent, all the sacrifices I've made for him paid off.