“We cannot see anything until we are possessed with the idea of it, take it into our heads, and then we can hardly see anything else.”

Next Monday is Veterans Day. That’s a great time to honor our veterans – by doing our small part to tackle the growing issue of veteran suicides.

If brave men and women can put themselves in harm’s way to ensure we continue to have a democracy, we should at least do our part by being informed voters who elect people and hold them accountable to their oath of office.

The highly unusual step of two senior citizens adopting someone in her 60s is simply an expression of love – uncommon, bold, unusual and absolute.