The next day, they invited me over, warning that they were “not a typical American family”. We settled in a chilly living room — staying outside during the day was unbearably hot. I sat next to Ed. To be able to hear me, he turned his hearing aid on.
“This is all my family,” Ed says in a deep, raspy voice, slowly looking around at his children gathered around him. “I am here to enjoy their company for a few days.”
“And gas prices didn’t stop that,” jokes Marc Lowry, who is sitting across from his father. He often glances at his laptop: the work does not stop even during holidays. Marc is a criminal defence attorney based in Albuquerque.