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  • Mysterious Ways

    The Detour

    May 26, 2020 4 minutes
    By Russ Hodges, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA

    The phone rang. It was my son, Ryan, calling from West Virginia University, where he was finishing out his final year.

    “Dad, I’m not going to be able to make it home for Father’s Day this weekend,” Ryan said. “Some of the guys and I are going to go to a friend’s wedding.”

    “Sure, son,” I replied after a beat.

    I may have seemed pretty mellow, but inside I was devastated. Twenty-two years of tradition—gone. Our family was close, and we’d always spent holidays together. Father’s Day was my favorite. We’d go

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