Articles written by Tina Mccabe

Tina McCabe, Twin Cities Daily Planet|Dec 5, 2012

Shelly Martin handed her cell phone to her 9-year-old niece. On the other end was her father, who had been waiting in line to use the only available phone. They greeted each other and began to talk — perhaps he asked how school was and she asked when she would see him next. Then conversation ended abruptly. Her niece cried, “Why did daddy hang up on me? Why doesn’t he care about me?” Recounting the story, Martin relived the frustration of trying to explain the interruption. Her brother is in p...