"Walking side-by-side with death, The devil mocks their every step, The snow drives back the foot that's slow, The dogs of doom are howling more..."
As I'm sure I've mentioned before, I had a bit of a complicated relationship with my father for the biggest part of my almost 53 years. The relationship between his parents was not one that I ever considered all that loving unless one considers nitpicking a language of love, so I understand very well that…