I was recently reflecting on the story of the three blind men describing an elephant. Each was touching a different part of the elephant — an ear, the trunk, a leg — and each gave a completely different description. Although they argued about who was correct, they all were. …

There is a white board on our front door. It’s been there for years to give us a place to remember things we needed as we walked out the door: bus passes, permission slips for field trips, kids’ lunches. …