First off, I enjoyed this story very much. However, as a retired counselor, I would have enjoyed seeing Richie getting counseling as his mother was dying and after her death. If in fact she did keep his father from him, Richie needed to know that. Still, that does not relieve Richard from fighting for his son. I know...this was not the plot of this story...I'm simply projecting what I would have like to have seen, but that would not have been the story you told. I don't think that the issues have really been resolved but rather just accepted and the characters simply moving on. All said, it didn't stop me from looking forward to every posting. Keep up the good work!!