Time and Tide Wait for No Man

Nothing prepares you for how fast kids grow.

My son started a sports league this week. It’s a small thing that seems big because it’s the first thing he’s been part of since I first held him in my arms four years ago and felt a feeling I can only describe as the emotional equivalent of the THX Deep Note—a crescendo that glissandos from a narrow to a broader frequency spread, at once filling me wit…