Thomas Bennett.
Because the man I remembered as a gentle grandfather had once made a decision that divided our family.
And for more than forty years, everyone had pretended it had never happened.
My grandfather was a quiet man.
He didn’t tell long stories about his youth, and he rarely spoke about his parents. When my cousins and I asked him about his childhood, he usually gave us a short answer and changed the subject.
He grew up during a difficult time, he would say. People did what they had
