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This Week in America: Warmth & Steadiness

This weekend, Brianna turned seven.

Fifteen kids. Rain outside. Glinda from Wicked in the living room. And somewhere between glitter arguments and polite doorway goodbyes, I heard a sentence I’ve come to understand differently since moving to America:

“We should do this again.”

In this episode, I reflect on warmth versus follow-through — watching one daughter thrive, another quietly absorb disappointment, and having an unexpected conversation about family history with a fellow dad that stretched back across oceans and generations.

Belonging isn’t always loud.

Sometimes it’s built quietly.
 Through repetition.
 Through showing up.
 Through being there when you say you will.

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