When I got the news that my father had died, I was in my car, driving from Pennsylvania to Georgia to be with him.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I seldom heard from my father. We had never been close, but when he was 94 years old, he left me a brief voice message. "I have ...

I seldom heard from my father. We had never been close, but when he was 94 years old, he left me a brief voice message. “I have something important to tell you — something very personal and private,” ...