Robert Kirby: Remembering 9/15, the day that changed my world

Sept. 15, 1976, was a Wednesday. I was supposed to be at work framing houses. Instead, I became a father.Although 44 years have passed, I remember it like it was yesterday. My wife and I had been married 341 days. I was making $2.75 an hour. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life other than be married.Lots was happening. I’m sure of it. But the news was full of information that might as well have been happening in another galaxy for all that it mattered to me.On that particular Wed