One of my favorite things about the holidays is the lengths that grown-ups go to so kids can feel wonder and magic and awe.
The move ought to send a chill down the spine of every person who cares about free speech and free expression, writes Heidi Stevens.
We don’t talk enough in our culture about the emotional weight of saying goodbye to a house. A house changes hands. But it becomes part of you.
I want to focus on a different quote from Harris, which is less pithy but no less powerful. “We have our family by blood, and then we have our family by love.”
Whatever words we’re cringing about our kids hearing from a certified educator, we’ll cringe into the fetal position if we see the results of those words typed into Google.
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock has a saying: “A vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children.” He said it in 2022, after defeating Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election. He said it in Chicago during his speech at this year’s Democratic National Convention. He has posted it on his social accounts. It’s worth repeating. It’s a good line …
The former president’s lie raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?
Gus Walz reminded us what it looks like to be proud, to be joyful, to be part of something bigger than yourself, to celebrate someone other than yourself.
I’ve said goodbye to things, writes Heidi Stevens. Jobs. Homes. Friendships. Marriages. Saying goodbye to a childhood is different.
I don’t know what will happen in November. But the path that’s taking us there feels uncharted, unconventional, unprecedented. And already, that’s hopeful.