Scott’s thread is about what it is like to be the parent of a child who dies or almost dies. My wife—Gail Deann Cozzens Kimball—and I lost a son to suicide: Spencer Miles Kimball. Gail writes about that in “The Shards of My Heart.” Gail and I also lost two daughters in infancy due to a very rare condition in which they were born with small lungs—presumably a genetic condition because it was similar in both daughters who died. They were named Marianne Camilla Kimball and Laura Beth Kimball.

Our remaining two children, Diana Gail Kimball Berlin and Jordan Matthew Kimball, are doing great.

Also see Scott’s recent thread “Scott Cunningham on Miles's Latest Project: 'How Economists Can Enhance Their Scientific Creativity, Engagement and Impact’.”