As a small child, I recognized that I had a calling in life. No one ever told me this was the case, but in the way that very young children can perceive the truth of the things happening around them without being able yet to articulate the reasons, I saw clearly: my father’s heart was breaking, and it was my job to lift his spirits. And I could do it, a tiny bit at a time, by making him laugh. Once I saw that I could do it, I had to do it.
