Articles written by Ray North

Ray North|Jan 2, 2025

My son is a talented classical guitarist, and he recently began playing for us as we opened our Christmas Eve presents. Seeing everyone’s happiness and gratitude for their gifts filled my heart with joy. It was especially remarkable that my son could join us. He had been unwilling or unable to attend most of our family gatherings for too many years. His mother’s sudden death when he was 10 years old. Then, four years later, a life-changing frontal lobe traumatic brain injury that resulted in poor decision-making. Years later I was relieved to...