I guess I felt as if I betrayed Jeff, as well, when he asked me one day, "Dad, how come your book didn't have more of the happy things we did together?" He was referring to the two years of 4H we shared raising lambs, building fences for them, planting gardens, hiking in metropolitan parks, sharing science fair plans, etc. My weak reply was that the book was intended to show a limited focus, a spiraling downward. Jeff said, "It sure did that all right."
