The “Golden Bachelor” is back on TV this fall. While many fans of the program yell at the screen when a favorite bachelorette fails to receive a rose, I yell at the screen for different reasons. I realize marriage is the stated goal for the show’s participants, but wedded bliss is not always in the cards. Sometimes a relationship stays in the companionship zone. It could be live-in or live-apart – we’ve seen it all. This means we’ve seen countless boyfriends and girlfriends i

My dad passed away before dawn on a January day in 2012. Hearing a phone ring at 4:30 a.m. activates a response so primal, so ancient, you could almost picture an ancestor feeling the same thing as they anticipate a saber tooth tiger attack on their cave. His doctor called me at that early hour and allowed me the time and space to react to the news. I will always appreciate her kindness. The time for mourning and reflection had to be postponed for a little while, as a 45-minu

My dad was quite the character. For certain after-school activities, there was a pickup line of cars all waiting for their children to emerge at the appointed time. Dad had to be first… always. Not second, not fourth… first. Mom usually dropped me off and split. Her day was done. Dad would time it so that he arrived on scene not long after. With his daily copy of the New York Times or New York Post in hand, he would park and read. This was all fine with me, as I was able to g

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