His mother does.
She’s generous and wonderful.
I never forget whose kid he is.
Wherever I am?
There’s always a mother on the other side, and his mom was a person I knew and liked as a teenager though we weren’t buddies, in different friend circles, when I heard who Joe’s mother was? Pssht. Heidi, you will have no in-law trouble, and it’s true, she treats my daughter like gold.
This means a lot to me.
Julia in mid-air, Joe in a vest and weird straw hat?
Looking very dignified.
(Hah. Stories are not all told.)
Here’s Joe, smiling his very Joe smile, and Liz, a friend of theirs:
p.j., the baby girl:
This is such a Joe expression:
Happy Birthday, Buddy.
Lucky for you? Yes, we are.
We love you so, Jay and Val, and everybody