As Joe Farias waited to go into surgery, he looked over at his son Danny in the next hospital bed.
Danny has always been the most stubborn of Joe’s four sons. The one who always asks questions and is quick to argue. According to the rest of the family, Danny is the son most like Joe.
Joe looked over at his son, and a flood of images and memories stopped on one: Danny, as an eighth-grader, helping the special needs students in his grade. He’d go swimming or bowling with them because he wanted to be their friend.