loving home anchored by our strong and graceful mother, alma. our parents taught us right. they taught us wrong. and they taught us to take responsibility for our actions and never to blame others. disappointing them was the worst punishment you could imagine. my father is frequently remembered as a problem solver. while his solutions to world problems may have been elegant, his fixes around the house were a bit more cloojy. he believed he could cheaply fix anything with a little duct tape, some wire, and a can of spray paint. he d over even propose a solution for a nonexistent problem. in high school he decided that