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I walked past a playground in Nova Scotia today. I’m here alone for a work event, and I had taken myself on a walk around the city. The playground was full of little kids, running and climbing and doing whatever little kids do, while their caregivers stood nearby watching. And suddenly, I remembered how much I used to love that. That was my thing with William and Kai. I was a stay-at-home mom when they were little, and I really leaned into it. We went everywhere. Parks. Museums. Skate parks....

When I first dreamed of creating The Green House, I knew one thing immediately. I couldn't build it alone. The vision was simply too big. We needed to raise $2.5 million. We needed architects, builders, designers, landscapers, furniture companies, volunteers, donors, and people willing to believe that grieving families deserve something better than what currently exists. Carlisle had already wrapped our family in extraordinary love after William died. Our community has carried us in ways I...

This year, America celebrates its 250th birthday. For a nation, that's young. Young nations are ambitious. They are optimistic. They move fast. They build. They conquer. They innovate. They look toward the horizon instead of behind them. America has always been a country in love with the next thing. The next frontier.The next invention.The next election.The next quarter.The next opportunity. Forward. Always forward. It's one of our greatest strengths. I also wonder if it's one of our greatest...