From this gentle man I learned about silent letters, abbreviations, words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently and tricky singulars and plurals like "phenomenon" and "phenomena." This soft-spoken, natural teacher, with thick bifocals, bushy eyebrows, and silver-white hair, sat with me night after night in the twilight of his years and gave me a little piece of himself. I stayed the...
I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
