Family Update

I am sorry to report that things are not so bright for my father. My brother flew to Tennessee to help him get settled in an assisted living place and has been sending emails out like a regular reporter. Dad is not rebounding as we first believed and, to hear my brother tell it, he's down for the count.

To add insult to injury, even though he's been meticulous about handling his affairs, the assisted living place has just announced they don't take his medical coverage, several hundred thousand dollars have gone missing with the move, the realtor who sold his house let the new buyer move in early and now there's a problem with the closing.

I'm dancing as fast as I can at the newspaper but am thinking now that the best thing for me to do is get the first flight to Tennessee if I'm going to see my father again before he dies.