The Ones That Got Away

A son has the name of the man who could have been his father. Michael Krikorian pondered in Sunday's NY Times what could have been when he re-met the son who had his name as the latter waited for trial for a gang-related murder.

It wasn't biology, it could have been environment, but this son growing up with that father just wasn't to be.

** Fathers and fishermen always wonder about the ones that got away. **