The Fun Master: A Father's Journey of Love, Loss, and Learning to Live One Day at a Time
by Jeff Seitzer
From the author's website:
A self-involved academic struggling to cope with his own
neurological problems, Jeff could hardly take care of himself, let alone
a child with special needs, when his son, Ethan, was born. But despite
multiple surgeries, hospitalizations, serious breathing and swallowing
problems, hearing loss, and a challenging social environment in his
first months of life, Ethan thrived—all the while teaching Jeff to take
things as they came. And eight years later, the arrival from China of
adopted baby sister Penelope took Jeff's on-the-job training to a whole
new level.
Ethan's instinct for fun proved the perfect complement
to Jeff's determination to live life fully. He died too young, but not
before he, Penelope, and their mother, Janet, taught Jeff that the true
path to happiness was putting other people's needs before his own—and
living in the moment rather than trying to control it.
