A House Is Not a Home

On 2 November 2008, I lost a former boss and friend Edward Jordan Whitehead to cancer. His daughter Thompson, now a member of the Seattle rock band them, was not even 4 years old.

In subsequent years, I got acquainted with his nephew Mike and niece Mandy with whom Ed had left specific instructions to compile an anthology of as many testimonies as possible from his friends and present it to Thompson upon her graduation from high school so that she would be able to compose a portrait of Ed in her mind (and heart). Ed had lost his own father when he was very young, regretted not knowing much about him, and wanted to ensure that Thompson got to know as much as possible about her late, loving father.