Andrew Lustig

"She may never walk or talk again.." Those were the words of the brain surgeon when discussing options for my girlfriend.

"You’re a better father than I ever was….” Those were the words of my late father two weeks before he died of cancer many years ago.

I once met a man on the Metro North train from Connecticut to New York who said he’s been heading to the same job on the same train for 35 years. At the time, I was young and that seemed mighty impressive.