Silent role models; just doing without saying

“If you want to serve as an example — it’s easier done than said.”

— Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

Sunday is Father’s Day. Previous pieces occupying this space have waxed eloquent on Father’s Day and Mother’s Day, more often when my parents were still living. Partially because I knew they both read “Number One Son’s” column faithfully. It saved me from struggling to get a card in the mail on time, something at which I never excelled for any occasion.