My friend Jill gave me an antique heart for my birthday this year and I can’t stop thinking about how accurately it symbolizes foster parenting. Both beyond and within all the training and tears, the meetings and stress, the constant worry, the laughter, the learning and the love beats the heart. And, thankfully, it’s not [...]
She got a little needy in her later years, and, though we loved her still, we approached her with a timidity that must have hurt her feelings. "What's she doing?" my daughter Katherine whispered when she saw a frail arm reach out from the rear window and swing back and forth randomly. "She's greeting you," [...]
With profound faith and a commitment to education that transcended generations, Walter James Finley came to the United States in 1897. The Bahamian entrepreneur, farmer, and first black man in Broward County to own an automobile, planted fields and grew a dynasty. Today, the close-knit third generation of Finleys, includes educators and engineers, business owners, [...]