by Mitch Albom | Jun 18, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
Your father is old now, He’ll tell you himself, “Getting up there,” he’ll tease, As he grins like an elf. You notice the lines That now crease his face, And a new sagging neck In the old neck’s place. His shoulders, once broad Have thinned now and drooped His belly...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 19, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
When I first heard the phrase “free-range kids” I thought it was a joke. I kept thinking about chickens.It was no joke, however, when a 10-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister were picked up by Maryland police after a 911 call, held for 51/2 hours...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 22, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
Last week was Father’s Day. We know that from the calendar, the lines at restaurants and the holiday sales at Best Buy. But the rest of the year, fatherhood is shrinking in significance. I’m not just talking about physical absence – a third of...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 16, 1996 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
Here’s to the fathers, who always begin, on the outside of children, but looking in Such curious men snapping cameras like mad recording the moment they turn into “Dad” Here’s to the fathers, who put in their time who don’t say to mothers...
