Jay 78 x 365

Nearly an Olympic swimmer, Jay was the most active adult I’d ever met. He was always on the go. Once he decided his house needed a new window. So he took a chainsaw to an upstairs wall hours before weekend guests were to arrive. He scored high on the Connors.

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