One trait that I inherited from my father, who I have since learned inherited it from his father and I’ve learned that it goes all the way back to my great grandfather and probably farther, is a trait that I honestly wish I didn’t inherit; that is a problem with wetting the sheet at night. Aside from my mom, John, and my friend Jenny, no one knows I have that problem; not even my closest friends know about it.

Up until about a year ago I had nearly stopped wetting at night. I was only waking up with wet sheets maybe once a week and even a few times I went over two weeks without wetting. And then for some reason, right about the same time I turned eleven I started wetting several times a night, every night.