Family Talk

When my Mom was alive my children would often quiz her about mistakes I made when I was their age. “Tell us about some of the bad stuff dad did when he was a kid” they’d ask. Mom usually tilted her head, smiled and said, “He really never did anything wrong. He was always a good boy.”

My mom was not one to lie, but I have to admit, she was stretching the truth beyond the breaking point. Either that …