Where do I begin?

My father is far away, but he is in my mind more than ever. I travel in my thoughts to his hospital bedside and carry on the conversation that has only been hinted at in our times together. We were never long on words when it came to feelings or to crisis...

We all need good beginnings: the best possible beginnings, though even bad beginnings can be overcome. Fine dives can be made from flimsy springboards...

Although the long division incident was forgotten by everyone around me, it still burned coldly and painfully in the back of my skull. That feeling of not being able to "get" something, no matter the effort, never has left my memory...

"All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this administration, not even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin."

    —John F. Kennedy

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