Thanks for responding. I don't know why the ol' man has been on my mind lately. I've been struggling with some issues of my own as a father, and subconsciously, maybe I wish I could ask him for input. I honestly don't know.

As I was working last night through the list of tasks that occupies my Monday nights before I can go to bed, I started talking to him, much in the way that this letter was written. There's more in that emotional well, but for a later time.