I woke up this morning in the company of my mother and sister, and my son. This has never happened before. We have never been a close family, and were, for many years, actually estranged through lack of communication, distrust, and old burdens. Less than a year ago, my folks and I reconnected, and now, on this trip of getting Charlie enrolled in college a few miles away, and with my dad undergoing heart surgery (today, in fact, at this moment...) we are together. Charlie is really meeting them... Sign in to see full entry.