Kids notice things adults miss. My son Ben’s innocent observation at my father-in-law’s funeral revealed a secret hiding in plain sight. One whispered sentence from my four-year-old turned my world…

My husband, Arthur, and I have been together for six years.

We met at a community book club where people came to share ideas about books after leaving their routines behind for an hour. I went hoping for a good discussion, not expecting anything more.

Arthur was there because he’d just moved back to town to help run his father’s company and wanted to make friends

“Hemingway’s fish symbolism is about as subtle as a sledgehammer,” he said that first night, making an awkward joke about”The Old Man and the Sea.”

I laughed a little too loudly. “Finally! Someone who isn’t treating this book like sacred text.”