The following entry has been modified since its original publication due to feedback that I received. I hope the edit will help to clear the confusion which accompanied the original version: I wish I had just put it in an email in the first place. No. Instead, I tried to talk to you and, just [...]

As time wore on, I became increasingly uncomfortable. Like sitting ducks, the three of us stood in the chain gang with our backs to the opposing side. We were not at war, though at times if felt that way; we were merely at my son’s football game. From behind me, a coach bellowed, “Just HIT [...]