The core of my life was Jeannie and the children, I knew that. Nothing could change that, I thought, at first. And then I realized that, of course, something would change it: Our family love wasn’t immune to the subversion of time. Something was changing us with each breath, each second. The delusion of youth was that you believed you’d never reach middle age, and the delusion of middle age made you believe you could go on more or less indefinitely the way things were. Yes, the kids would grow up. Yes, you’d grow old and eventually pass away. But, really, there were so many pleasures to be had
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