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When Selene and I first met, I was a single father trying to steer a cognitively disabled 13 year old son back into a life that had been completely eviscerated by the frailties of his body and the departure of his mother from his daily life. The first pic is of my son Stephen, now 26, a young man lucky to be alive. A young man I'm lucky to have as a son. Sliding down beside him is my grandson, Joseph.

I never really wanted other kids, especially given the trauma that Stephen and I had undergone, but damn if I haven't been blessed by two more boys who have grown into fine young men as well. The second pic is of my stepson Colin, now 17, and his beautiful, intelligent, articulate and devoted girlfriend Kaylee...and my ever-present beautiful wife.