Lessons from the People’s House
At my kitchen table, steam rising from a cup of morning resolve, I spread today's worries like a deck of cards, each one demanding to be the trump. But somewhere in Washington, a man with winter-white hair walks corridors heavy with history, preparing to open those grand doors to welcome back the very storm he spent four years cleaning up after— a moment that would break lesser souls, yet he walks straight-backed toward it. Joe Biden, who knows the weight of each handshake, each forced smile, teaches us the geometry of grace— how to bend but never break, how to stand in the face of thunder and still remember your own name. And beside him, Kamala Harris, her laugh a reminder that joy can live alongside duty, shows us how to dance with history's heavy steps, even when the music sounds like yesterday's arguments. They count the hours like breaths, each one a small victory, each one a chance to mend what yesterday left broken. Even this hour—perhaps the hardest— becomes another bead o…
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2 months ago · 28 likes · 9 comments · Gloria Horton-Young
