He Was Wielding an Axe

But in the end, it was ok

Just keep on swimming. Photo credit: Catherine Dunn-Gilbert, author

The police came through the door ready for anything. It was a situation that could have gone another way in a heartbeat. It would have been front-page news in this small community had it done so.

In the end, no one was harmed. And it was something of a miracle. My son was wielding an axe and was in a state of high arousal when the police came through the…