As Dad got older and the impact of his choices grew more dire, he kept his Floridian mind-set alive. When he blew through his 401(k), he got right to work on his new retirement plan: the Florida Lottery. I was there to help him pack and was reminded of the first house we rented in Florida, in 1984. It, too, had a furry green pool. And now, all these years later, Dad didn’t either.

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Persons: Dad, “, that’s, bedsheets, Shania Twain, sunbathed, Dad didn’t Organizations: Florida, Plattner Automotive, Columbia Locations: Paradise, Florida, Manhattan