Mom [Valerie] and Dad would like to be around their grandchildren.

my mom and dad, the upbringing we had.

My mom wanted to show my dad any idiot could do it.

My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I.

My mom is 79, my dad is 80. I felt they had so much to add, and we didn't want them to pass on and feel we let the opportunity go. We knew from the very beginning that this was going to be difficult.

Now that I'm here, Montreal is only two hours away and my dad and my mom are always down here to see me,