Yond Evan Lean & Hungry

Today we go to Ames to see our children. We are going to celebrate the birth and the life of Evan, the husband of my daughter, the man she chose to be my new son.

He is an extraordinary man, kind, gentle and strong. I would have him at my side if times were ever to get desperate. Passionate, profound and deep, I would say as Shakespeare in Julius Caesar, "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous."

Yes Evan, I would have you dangerous, wild and fierce. You who matters. You who is indelible. You are my son. I honor you and your life and celebrate the day of your birth.