The children were young when I stood before their breakfast trays and recited, “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”
There was silence. They stared at me and then at each other.
“Is it Columbus Day?” the older asked.
“Yes, it is,” I said. The younger son said nothing, “I always liked Columbus Day,” I said in explanation. “We would color pictures of the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.”
And I …
