I will never forget the tragedy of the fire that burned Notre Dame in 2019. At the time, it seemed that the loss of Notre Dame was like losing an icon that should and would rise again from the ashes. Although I am not Catholic, Notre Dame represents our faith regardless of how we worship. At the time of the devastating fire, I wrote a blog about what it meant to me and people around the world, and here were some of the thoughts I had about the incident at the time that still resonates with me … [Read more...]
Hamilton Movie Helps Americans Reexamine our Nation’s Founders
This past weekend, the long-awaited Disney Plus movie Hamilton was released to millions of people across the world. The cinematic adaptation of playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda’s historic theatrical production helped Disney Plus downloads increase by more 750,000 over a three-day span, up 74 percent from the company’s downloads in June 2020. Hamilton has taken the country by storm unlike anything else we have experienced in modern American theater. Yet when the groundbreaking performance of … [Read more...]
Remembering the Servicemembers Who Meant the Most to Me This Independence Day Weekend
July 4th is such an amazing holiday for all Americans because it reminds us of the pride and honor that comes with being a citizen of this amazing country. Our home, the United States of America, is a special place with people of all different backgrounds, ideologies, and shared experiences. One great part of our country, that we can all rally behind, is our citizens’ deep respect for our nation’s servicemembers. The millions of people who have served in our nation’s military since our … [Read more...]
Standing United: How Do We Get There?
In our current age of divisiveness, it feels to me as if we have somehow forgotten America’s motto, E Pluribus Unum, or out of many, one. Instead, our society appears to be increasingly splintered along fault lines defined by our unique differences. In article headlines and warring social media posts, we see our nation’s division evidenced in reports of the severe mistreatment (and killings) of people of color, immigrants, people of different religions, ideologies, and political leanings, and … [Read more...]
Honoring the World’s Best Dads
This Father’s Day, as I do every year, I am thinking of two of the best fathers I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing: my own father, Cliff Decker, and my late husband 1st Lt. James L. Hull, who was such a loving father to our daughter, Laura. To me, there was never and will never be anyone who compares to these remarkable men. Though they are no longer with me, I think of them and celebrate them every day by treasuring the memories I have of our times together. Fathers like my dad and Larry … [Read more...]
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