[This blog was originally published in January, 2013]
A brief phone conversation with my mother, about golf, gave me reason to believe that my father would find a way to cope in his newly-dark world.
My father is a strong, proud man who worked his entire life to provide for his family. He and my mother raised four children and have always been actively involved in the lives of their grandchildren and in their community. I've often told people that my dad's greatest joys in life are his family, his well-kept home and gardens and his good health. When my family made our annual visit to New England to visit my parents last summer all of their children and most of their grandchil...