I was one of the most popular kids at the school, and in the most popular group at the school. I had worked my way up from the bottom of the ladder, and for once I hadn t fallen violently back down. Yet even at this age I realized that experience was the only way for absolute vindication. Columbus was my way to vent for an opposite. I remember Peter asking me why I was so upset, and I remember him asking me to promise him I wasn t moving.
People tend to look up and enjoy the sky.
I would just sit and watch the sun glisten off the ripples in the lake at Jeb s waterfront home. We spent many hours there throughout my Columbus years. We invited our girlfriends to the river, and treated them to knee boarding, wave-runner riding, and tubing. I can remember asking myself how things could get any better. I recall pleading with life to press the pause button.