Happy Father's Day

I extend a huge THANKS to my dad--Truman Thurman--who lives in Joliet, Illinois. Truman was a good dad, but I have always called him Truman and he never gets a Happy Father's Day card from me. I was lucky that Truman took me out into corn fields when I was a kid; it was torture for me back then, but I have since learned that those trips were precious.

I'm a dad and father of two young adults--Bree and Tyler--both of whom were born during the early 1980s in Columbus, Ohio. I've enjoyed being a dad, but I'm not sure I have been a good father. Who knows? Bottom line: being a parent--father or mother-- is not easy and I was lucky that both Bree and Tyler have been such good kids.