GS-The turkey was still warm when he said it. I had not returned home…

a reporter smiled and said, “Your family must be incredibly proud.”

The question was innocent.

I answered carefully.

“They’ve always valued hard work.”

It was true enough to pass.

That evening, I returned to my hotel and found a photograph on social media. Dad, Mom, and Cole were sitting around the dining-room table in Omaha.

The caption read, “Proud of continue reading …