When I talked to my kids yesterday for inspiration, here's what Yerachmiel Meir had to say about my father: "When he wanted something to get done, it got done." For my kids, that meant even if it meant going out and braving the weather to (fill in the blank): shovel snow, build a sukkah, paddle a canoe, or shlep to Six Flags Darien Lake. I asked both kids what they'd say if they could be here. Elisheva, newly immersed in Hebrew, says she'd describe him as "tov me'od." She wasn't serious, maybe just trying to get out of offering a real comment, but I'll pretend she was for a second, because I don't think you'll find very many more people who better embody the spirit of "tov me'od" (very good). It breaks my heart that they're not here today, because if there is anything my father worked hard to be and there were many things, from a father to a brother to a mortgage guy to a husband to an