this collection would not have been possible without the generous contributions of the sons and daughters who graciously shared their stories. They weren’t always easy to tell and, even if they were joyous, still took a tremendous amount of effort to form. So I want to thank the forty men and women in these pages for their courage, openness, generosity and heart. I’d also like to thank the teams at Fatherly—including Mike Rothman, Andrew Burmon, Lizzy Francis, Tyghe Trimble, Amy Karafin, Patrick Coleman, and Anne Meadow—and at Artisan, including Lia Ronnen, Elise Ramsbottom, Sibylle Kazeroid, Jane Treuhaft, Toni Tajima, Nancy Murray, and the Brooklyn Cyclones’ greatest fan, Bridget Monroe Itkin.