Rodney

My dad was an old Okie who went to war and came back... not the same. Didn't take stress well. Best to leave him alone, though that's hard for a kid to figure out. He fit pipes together with the Steamfitters for 30 years. The he spent 10 years in semi-retirement (aka civil service) doing the same thing on nuclear submarines. Mostly on graveyard, working alone; as far as I could tell, it was the happiest time of his life. These last few years he's been keeping a crypt warm for my mother: alone.

In the meantime, Mom went and married another Okie. Hope there's room for them all down there!