FATHER'S DAY/ PARENTING

A special section on fathers and parenting, profiling a 97-year-old veteran and a bagpiper-dad, and remembering two special fathers who have passed on....

• BAGPIPER DAD KEEPS FAMILY TRADITION GOING
For Patrick Sweet, playing the bagpipes isn't a hobby, but a family tradition. "I started playing when I was eight years old," he said. That's about how old one of his daughters is right now.

• 97-YEAR-OLD VET SERVES MASS WEEKLY AT VA HOSPITAL
Andrew Aiezza enlisted in the U.S. Army on Jan. 26, 1942, the same day the first American troops arrived in Great Britain during World War II. Now, at 97, Mr. Aiezza can still recount the stories as if they happened yesterday.

• MY DAD: ST. JOSEPH IN THE FLESH
My Dad was a simple, blue-collar, hard-working man, who, as I recall, only ever missed one day of work. If he caught a cold, he swore by a drink of ginger and hot water to make him better overnight. It always did.

• Spiritual fathers and spiritual Fathers
Like a double rainbow, my life has been blessed by fatherly wisdom from two outstanding men.

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