Voices from nowhere

It was just a voice on the phone. And yet it not only made my day, but my entire week. To be honest, it probably even brightened my year.

"Hi dad," my 36-year-old son said from Southern California. "I'm calling to wish you a happy Father's Day."To most dads most of the time, of course, hearing from a son on Father's Day is not a life-changing event. And, seen in the broadest context, it probably won't be for me either. Yet, in my case, such calls are grand occurrences well worth sharing, and here's why.