Hiya Jack! Hope you're well!
Hey Chuck, yes I am doing pretty good. I hope you are too. I know I have been absent from the forum again, but I am still around. It has been incredibly busy at work and on top of that I have had this class I am teaching to keep up with. Right now it is more work than I thought it would be, but of course this is all new to me. I am used to being on the other side of the teacher/student thing. And I am beginning to see how much trouble a lot of people do have with distance education online classes. But so far I think I am doing well getting them to understand. I know a lot of teachers would just not care about those who were having problems, but I'm just not that way. I do care.
And then my mother is still in really bad shape with her back. She had some type of injections, but I'm not sure they are working. So my father is trying to take care of everything and doing a great job actually. But he has never had a lot of patience. I have been trying to help out, but I feel rather helpless in the situation. One thing I have always dreaded is when my parents get old and have problems like these. They have been pretty old for awhile now, but for the most part have been in great health. It seem those days are not there anymore. So where is this all going to lead...I have no idea.
One thing I can say for sure is that I have no idea how Richard is able to deal with all he is dealing with concerning his father. Richard, whether you consider yourself strong or not, I sure do consider you very strong in all of that.