On behalf of my wife and I, we wish our son a very happy 32nd birthday this week. The picture you see here was taken back in 1993 when he graduated from kindergarten in May of that year. The first day I picked up from kindergarten the previous August, he said, leaning on the door so I couldn’t pry his hands loose, “I can’t leave yet, dad.” “Why not?” “Because I haven’t learned how to read yet.” Actually, he could read by then, but not as well as he wanted. Hard to say how proud I am of the man (husband and dad) he ...