Family

While most of us fretted and were constantly trying to work around the drips at the bottom of the ice cream mountain, keeping them from running down the cone and eventually over our hand, down an arm and then all over us, Mom started at the top and just worked her way down seemingly oblivious to the mess.

Christmas Eve candlelight service - 2009

You are a first born and also the son of a first born (your father), who, himself, was the first born son of a first born son (me, your grandfather).  

"When you were a baby and you dropped your bottle on the floor..."