Bio
Started in the NorthEast; New England, Ivy league, New York City. Came west 27 years ago, met and married a California girl and I'm still here, bouncing around the software business. Too conservative for my liberal neighbors and too moderate for California Republicans, neither political side wants me (until there's money to be raised. Then they both decide I'm their best friend.)
Oh, and people generally call me "Jay". I've always used the initials in the on-line world for a variety of reasons, none important.



Re: Something Wonderful
As others have mentioned...lots of wisdom in that story and it's well told as well. Many thanks.
I fear that the art of "making a home", as you put it, is unappreciated and increasingly lost in our time. The loss you suffered at a young age is blessedly infrequent these days, but whether through divorce or parental distraction, a sense of "home" and the emotional security that implies is denied children.
Of course, kids can survive and recover in the end, as you did, but it's a loss nevertheless.