I remember well the date we first met Jason. It was Thursday, 10th November 2016, the day before Veteran’s Day, so that neither Claire nor I had to go to work the next day. Claire and I live in Lake Success and as Jason lived in Brooklyn, he suggested that we meet at a restaurant he knew in Queens. Both Claire and I were incredibly nervous. For me, one of the most nerve-wracking and also exciting parts was watching Claire...

Part 1 - Filling a hole in our lives Claire and I had been married for more than twenty years when the events that I’m about to describe started. The year was 2016 and Claire and I had just bid a tearful goodbye to our younger daughter Caitlyn as she’d headed off to college – like her mother, studying for a degree in education so she could follow in Claire’s footsteps to become a teacher. Claire and I had met while she wa...