Those that walked before us

Those that walked before us were not heroes.

Just people trying to survive.

Some broke, healed, or did a bit of both.

They carried grief.
Made mistakes.
Loved imperfectly.

Still, they kept going.

Maybe that is the real inheritance.

Not perfection.

-Mandy Ricks

A few lines from my daughter, EJ.

“And that’s what makes both sides human

There was never a battle to be fought

No lines in the sand to be drawn

Just two sides of the same coin

That if they let it, the tide would take and wash away regardless.”