Skip Gates
Ten years later, still a hole in our hearts
‘I encourage you, I beg you, I beseech you to love your children too much to blindly trust them’ when it comes to opiate use, says a grieving father
Ten years ago on March 23, my wife, Kathy, and I lost our 21-year-old firstborn, Will, to a heroin overdose.
He was a competitive skier who graduated from Carrabassett Valley Academy at Sugarloaf, Maine in 2006, a successful third-year molecular genetics major at the University of Vermont, and a caring, affectionate, and attentive son.
Three lessons from Mr. Pfenning
I was saddened to read of the passing of Brad Pfenning, one of the nicest, most even-tempered people I have ever known. I had the privilege of taking drivers' education from him during the summer of 1963. I was in the back seat, awaiting my turn at the wheel,