At My Father’s Ceremony They Said I Could Not Do Anything Right Until I Walked In And Smiled

language and what amounted to a request for me to consider a private conversation that would allow everyone to “move forward constructively.” The word constructively was doing a great deal of labor in that message.

I listened to it twice.

Then I sent a brief text to my father: Got a message from Patricia.

He replied within a few minutes. I know. I’ll continue reading …