“Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.”

“We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see. We had to be patient.”

“We were decades, still, from a time when a simple Google search would bring up a head-spinning array of charts, statistics, and medical explainers that either gave or took away hope.”

“Work hard, laugh often, and keep my word”

“ON MY WAY, I was learning, was the product of Barack's eternal optimism, an indication of his eagerness to be home that did nothing to signify when he would actually arrive. ALMOST HOME was...”

“Even when it's not pretty or perfect. Even when it's more real that you want it to be. Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.”