ACIM, I sat in the hospital in another state as my sister-in-law had cancer surgery. The next, I sat with my father (on the other side of the country) who was explaining to me how he’d been tricked into signing away any inheritance our family might receive. Because my time with my father went long, I lost my only opportunity to visit my mother’s grave. The next weekend (just days before the holiday), I was frantically trying to put together Christmas for my family. The day before Christmas Eve, I…