Fathers and Sons

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Catch of the Day  |  by J. J. Jonas

A skeptical son joins his father at a cow pond with leftover biscuit for bait and lands a catfish barely larger than his shoe. The modest catch becomes the kind of shared afternoon whose true size is measured only years later, when memory makes it enormous.

The Brake Is the One on the Left  |  by J. J. Jonas

A father’s anxious driving lessons mix curb trouble, a failed road test, and hard-earned reassurance. As the son notices age in the hands that once steadied his bicycle, instruction gives way to gratitude for time together and the wisdom hidden inside ordinary advice.