Don’t Look Away

I write often about my dad and one post in particular from over two years ago is still a conversation starter with readers – White Shirt, Helping Heart – Victoria Ponders.

I think the resonance of that piece comes from the fact that my dad looked like a contradiction; an imposing looking man of unearned privilege with a kind heart nestled within.

Long before it was a topic fraught with political overtones, my dad understood his unearned assets based on his family of origin, ethnicity, ...