Vacation? What Vacation? (Part One)
Vacation? There is no vacation when you have to take care of your 96-year-old father. My children weren't as much work. Plus, they were cuter. Anyway... My wife and I recently took my father across the country for his family reunion. Every year we travel across the country for it because that's where they all live, across the country. "That's my idea of happiness." I tell my wife. "A large, loving, close-knit family... all living in another city." My wife laughs, but she doesn't disagree. "That's because your family is like an Almond Joy," she says. "Mostly sweet, but with a couple of nuts." Now it's my turn to laugh. There's two sayings that come to mind. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over...