My friend Eric Rothenberg is 42. Given that I am writing this on my 59th birthday, I see Eric as a very young man. Married, twin 14-year-old boys. Great wife, Edith, who I love and see at the gym at our little Mercer Island Country Club most days. The club is no deluxe place. A [...]

My son, Eitan, mentioned something in passing at the dinner table recently. As a 10-year-old he’s always jabbering. This time I couldn’t believe what I was hearing – the mother of a 5th grade classmate had died of cancer after only a three-week illness.
I was in shock. I couldn’t believe it. But the next day [...]