Friday night. I picked up my phone to troubling news from my mother. "I debated the entire day whether I should tell you this. I don't want you to worry too much — I know how you get — but I realized that you deserve to know because you're family. Besides, you might become more upset if I kept the news from you." "What?" I asked as I sat down to prepare for the news. "Tell me what happened!" "Your father is in the hospital...