More about Dad
To clarify yesterday's post... My Dad was the way he was not because of a troubled childhood, though there were issues with his father who died early of an operable stomach cancer, being of a religion that left everything to God and so refused surgical intervention. I've heard that his pain made him impatient with things like his little son whaling away on a violin, and so he broke the instrument violently. I don't know any other stories of his father. His mother also died when he was still very... Sign in to see full entry.