long story short: she was born when he was just entering college, seven years later when he was a year away from becoming a catholic priest their father had a heart attack and died, so cory had to do a complete 180 and go home to take care of his mother, sister and the family business (butcher shop). his life pretty much got put on hold after that because their mother started to decline and she was eventually diagnosed with early onset alzheimers and it's only been a year or two since they put her in a care facility. so if that isn't too depressing for you i'd be happy to discuss further!