This morning, I woke up with my family intact. My wife and two daughters were safe. For many families in Uvalde, Texas, that was not the case. Instead, they woke up to the same horror they experienced yesterday when a lone gunman walked into a local elementary school and murdered at least 19 students and … More Enough

Her name was Emily. She lived next door to my family during my childhood years in Maxwelton, West Virginia. Emily was related to us by marriage; she was my grandmother’s sister-in-law. She never married and did not have children of her own. So, as she grew older, she adopted a group of kids whose families … More Emily: the power of presence