John Heard

For those who find this page, I want to share a memory of my grandfather. We were visiting him just before he turned 90 years old, when my eldest son was less than 2 years old. As we sat together, my grandfather and Joshua seemed to marvel at each other, exchanging very few words, content in each other's company. Then, out of the sheer sense of joy my grandfather seemed to possess, he threw back his head and let out one of his great big laughs. In the short lull that followed, my son, not yet...