Every summer, all the Kordenbrocks go camping together, including a third son, Joe Jr., and two daughters, Connie Wolfe and Terri Straub. They've just been, you know, good parents. He laughs at himself. Joe Sr. is proud, too. Ever since his heart surgery, he has had this little problem.
Tears come way too easily.
He'll be at some happy family event, and he'll feel it starting. Of course he figures his medicine is to blame. Friday went well in the weeping department. Only after dinner, when Ken and Andy each gave him a hug, did his throat tighten. This time, though, Mr. Kordenbrock managed to hide it.