[image error]"A picture is worth a thousand words." The proof of that cliche was driven home to me this week when I received a precious gift: A restored photo of my late father holding me in his arms when I was practically a newborn.

You see, it came about like this. My mom was cleaning out old files and found a very small 2″X3″ snapshot of my dad and me in my grandmother's scrapbook. So Mom mailed it to me to add to my baby book, which she had also recently handed down to me. (I think she's bent on...