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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Lifestyle
Stephanie Farr

He missed giving his wife Christmas gifts, so he now gives them to others battling cancer

PHILADELPHIA — As Chris Rotz was decorating for Christmas in 2015, he thought of his wife, Kathleen, the woman he knew he was meant to be with when they met for the first time at Doc Watson's Pub more than 30 years ago.

She loved this time of year. They had loved this time of year.

But Christmases were different now. That Christmas was the second without Kathleen but Rotz still couldn't shake this deep longing to give his wife a gift, to show her how much she meant to him, and how she always will.

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