Drifting With Grieving Dads

In the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,  the father who lost his son rows out into Lake Pontchartrain in the fog of the night. There is nothing said about where he is rowing to or what becomes of him. The man is grieving his son and he's drifting. I assume he has placed his life in the hands of nature. I rowed. I drifted. Peace and grief ebbs and flows.

I heard the news that a son of an NFL coach in Green Bay died in the Fox River yesterday. My heart aches for the family. I have tears in my eyes and feel pain for the boy's Dad. Such agony.

I've met old timers who have lost sons in their younger days, and old timers who have lost sons in their later days. They all shed tears when they recall their boys. Sadness doesn't end.  Prayers for this dad and his family.