![Was I there for my kids when they needed me?]()
by David Figura
It should be required listening for every father. I’m talking about Harry Chapin’s song, “Cat’s in the Cradle.” I can’t listen to Chapin’s 1974 hit song — even today with my son and daughter out of the house —...
![I’m sure Dad was there by my side]()
by David Figura
A psychologist once told me that if you want to see a grown man cry get him talking about his father. I cried last weekend. I was just overwhelmed with emotion. Dad’s been dead for more than two years, but I felt he was with me, right by my side. After four years of...
by David Figura
My friends who’ve gone through a sleep study guaranteed I’d have a poor night’s sleep. So what’s new? For the past couple of years my sleep has been fragmented. I get up constantly to go to bathroom. I toss and turn. I snore. I rarely sleep through the night and often...
![Checkbook diplomacy in middle age]()
by David Figura
Who controls the finances and pays the bills in your marriage? My wife, Laura, has been the one handling the bills as long as I can remember. Frankly, she’s better at it than me and doesn’t mind. For years, we have both worked full-time. Finances were never a problem...
![Thoughts on the second anniversary of my dad’s death]()
by David Figura
Yesterday was the second anniversary of my dad’s death I still get choked up time to time when something comes along that reminds me of him. I have a stack of documents right now sitting in my dining room that my stepmother gave me this past summer that includes...
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