My 3 kids spend little time with their grandpa. So, we flew across the country for a surprise visit.

• Wendy Altschuler left her home state of Montana in her early 20s after finding love.
• She has rarely returned — a few times when her mom was dying and later for her dad’s second wedding.
• Last summer, she decided to fly across the country with her three teenage sons and surprise her dad with a visit.

At 19, I fell in love with a long-haired musician wearing a white linen shirt dotted with wooden buttons. He caught my eye while strumming an acoustic guitar and singing his heart out at an open-mic-night dive bar in Montana.

It only took two years before I .