He’s just passed away at 95, and I am reminded of the first time he messed with me – as I was asking for his daughter’s hand in marriageWhen my wife and I got engaged 33 years ago, she immediately rang her mother. “We’re getting married, Jesus Christ,” she said down the phone. Then she laughed for a bit, then she hung up.“She says you have to go and see my father to request my hand in marriage,” my future wife said. Continue reading...