Well don’t you remember that’s what mom yelled at me as I walked out the door in wintertime – bundled up like an Eskimo even when there was no sign of snow. "Just in case!", she would cry.

Why was my lunch box always twice as heavy as
everyone else’s?

"Just in case!" was always her answer.

Well, I guess that part of mom lives on in me.

Now, I’m not one to fuss, dad, but I do worry, just like mom did too. And that bit of me that worries is saying this, " What if something happened to dad, alone in that house? How could he call someone? How would I know if there was a problem?"

To help me stop this worrying, I thought I could treat you to one of these new Independent Living Systems. Fancy name huh. Well it’s a great security system that allows you to keep your independence and me my peace of mind. Yeah, I can hear you already and I know you don’t need it, big guy. But I do. What d’ya say?

Remember Dad… Just in case.