Cloud 9 Minus One

Different Strokes

Yesterday a friend and I were discussing our children. She has a sixteen year old son. You know what is the worst nightmare I have about my son, she asked. Thalassemia, Asperger’s syndrome, hole in the heart, LEUKEMIA? I asked. No, no, of course not. Then what? Homosexuality, she declared, her voice sinking to a [...]