My wife emailed me and said my father sent us a check for $400. He's never given us a Christmas gift remotely close to that. It has me a little worried. My mother died January of last year and he retired two months later. He's tried to keep himself busy riding his new Harley and his Shriners/Masons work, but when I see and talk to him I can tell he has his downer days. According to my wife the card said something like "he'd like to see us enjoy it while he's around." I can't tell if he's just getting rid of money he doesn't think he'll need or if I'm reading too deep into this. He's only 61 and in very good health. My wife's grandmother has been doing this for the grandchildren for several years (she's over 100) so I might be drawing the wrong conclusion. I am going to call him tonight, but I wanted a second opinion on how to approach this. My father and I don't talk much (just not our nature) and I don't want to come right out and ask "Are you depressed, dying, or is your 'stache just that big?"
