“To me, school is mostly about teaching kids to be adults,” my dad writes in his book. “Everything we do or say will teach that message or thwart it.” My dad wrote a book, and it’s really, really good ...

I was 18 when my dad discovered a lump on his neck. He’d been doing sit-ups with my mom in their bedroom. He was 49 years old. First, a word about my dad. It’s sad when anyone’s parent dies, more so ...