5 life lessons Glenn would have shared with his son on TWD

4. Don’t Stop Believing

"“Maggie’s father was a great man. And he told me all I had to do was believe, and that’s what I’m gonna do.” – Glenn Rhee"

In the apocalypse there’s nothing worse than not knowing where your loved one are or if they’re alive, but it’s also very common in that world. Glenn faced that situation several times when the group got separated and he didn’t know if any of the people he loved, especially Maggie, were still alive.

After Hershel’s murder and the Governor’s attack on the prison Glenn survived, still weak from illness, but he didn’t know if Maggie had survived or where she might have gone. Glenn saved Tara, and then he was determined to find Maggie. Against all odds he committed to believing that she was out there and that he could find her. And eventually he did find her.

Any father would want their child to learn the value of persistence, and perseverance, and the importance of following through. But Glenn’s faith was what drove him, the same way that Hershel’s faith drove him.

Hershel was a religious man but Glenn put his faith in something also intangible but less mysterious- love. He believed love would guide him to Maggie. He believed love was the basis of the group’s strength and the foundation that family was built on. Faith in the people in that you love and in your family and community was an important value that Glenn absolutely would want his son to understand and share.