An addendum to my original post

I am starting to receive some great feedback from my first post (both negative and positive).  I wanted to add some editoral notes:

1)  Mom, I love you.  To me, you walk on water.  This was not about you. This was a lot about Dad, your generation, and stories I've heard from several friends. 

2)  I am planning on fleshing the original post out more. This was more of a visceral reaction to my reading of the article. I am not a professional writer, and I did not anticipate such a broad readership of this post.  I know I have responsibility to develop my view at this point.