With gratitude and admiration at the start of a new term

With gratitude and admiration at the start of a new term

“Life moves pretty fast,” as Ferris Bueller says. “If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” That’s what happened a couple of weeks ago in this house, when our friend, Attorney Jim Long, swore my husband Vince into a new term of office and I didn’t even know [...]

Fostering kindness in a system that is overwhelmed

Fostering kindness in a system that is overwhelmed

My husband and I have been foster parents for the past 20 months. That’s an awkward sentence and one we rarely utter due to confidentiality concerns and the fact that it generally inspires some sort of effusive and unearned compliment that makes us both uncomfortable. We have met plenty of amazing people -- genuine heroes [...]