Sorry for your loss, Mary Ellen - our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
I lost both my parents at an early age to cancer within 2 years of each other and feel your pain - may God give you strength at a difficult time
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.