I knew something was different that first November when my birthday rolled around and there was no card in the mail addressed “To my one and only daughter, xoxo, Daddy.” Then there was Thanksgiving which marked my first attempt to cook a turkey, the one he was not there to carve. And that first Christmas when […]
What I Learned 30 Years Ago But Didn’t Know Then
Thirty years ago I drove home from my weekend share house in Avalon, New Jersey to spend Father’s Day with my Dad. I stopped by Avalon Seafood and bought an oversized container of she crab soup and a pound and half of cooked shrimp. Dad loved his food, especially food that he could really get […]