“There are times in people’s lives when a significant event occurs and they’re not aware of it – the last time you pick up a son before he’s too heavy, the final kiss of a marriage gone bad, the view of a beloved landscape you’ll never see again. Weeks later, I realized those were Dad’s last words to me.”

“There are times in people’s lives when a significant event occurs and they’re not aware of it – the last time you pick up a son before he’s too heavy, the final kiss of a marriage gone bad, the view of a beloved landscape you’ll never see again. Weeks later, I realized those were Dad’s last words to me.”

— Chris Offutt