SINCE MY DAD HAD the role of both mother and father, he sometimes was overwhelmed. I see this even more being a parent now and wondering how he possibly did it all by himself. He was 24/7 with two little girls. There was no wife. He had no help. He had to pick us up from school, keep the house clean, take us to piano, cook us dinner, make money—he didn’t have a day job but was managing rental properties and appraising houses to make ends meet—all by himself. It was a lot for a single man.
