This is Bert with Walt’s mother Pauline who is a nurse. Decades before, when Walt was only five, Pauline sought a rare divorce from her husband following a bout with a patient-related infection and influenza. Ridden with grief and guilt, Pauline propelled away from her son and her support system and made amends in an…
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The Family Album Straight Up With A Twist.
Walt is an unusually present father, and although most of the toddler care-giving responsibilities fall to Bert, Walt picks up a bit of the nurturing slack. He dots at the baby’s runny nose and then stretches out on the floor next to her where they build towers out of alphabet blocks. His desire to nurture…
The Family Album Straight Up With A Twist.
Bert found out she was pregnant during the summer. She was such a tiny thing and carrying a baby was quite a feat. But Walt—you should have seen him—man, was he excited. For nine months he prepared for the arrival of the baby boy. He gathered together some of his boyhood things and created a…