The Secret Sharer

10 May 2009 / PE
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
— Francis Bacon

Happy Mothers Day to my wife, who shares my secrets . . .


Secret Griefs and Fears

19 Oct 2005 / PE
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
— Francis Bacon, “Of Parents and Children”

Our son turned 12 in July . . .

“I almost cried today,” my wife says. “Every year, I take Casey to the pumpkin patch and I take the best photo, but when we drove by today, he didn’t want to go . . .”