Both Betsy and David are truth tellers. There isn’t an ounce of guile in either. It’s intimidating. I’ve never known either of them to exaggerate, flop, intimidate, or romanticize a circumstance beyond what is real and true. But here’s the other thing they offer, and I think it’s what helped me learn to be more true. They offer grace. I’m talking about the kind of grace in which they assume I’m a really great guy who’s just trying to figure things out, and they politely show me the error of my ways.
