He'd be fishing in Wisconsin every Mother's Day—without my mother—but it was all right with her because he always came back with fish.

He'd be fishing in Wisconsin every Mother's Day—without my mother—but it was all right with her because he always came back with fish.

Pat Ruettiger

I remember when we were kids he'd hunt muskrats, hundreds of them, and he'd have them all skinned and hanging in the basement. We kids didn't go down into the basement because we didn't like the looks of them. We also ate rabbit when we were kids, but out parents didn't tell us that. Rabbits were too cute and cuddly.

Pat Ruettiger