Perspective shift: a weekend with history

At the Martin Luther King, Jr memorial in Washington, DC

A couple of months ago I went to Washington, D.C. with my husband. It was his birthday and we spent the weekend eating too much, drinking over-priced cocktails and walking around the city.

I’m Canadian but I have lived in the US for the last twenty years and I now have my Americancitizenship as well. I love this country, and I see the problems.And the problems have been overwhelming me lately. The divisiveness, the name-calling, the hat...