@bopper: Thanks so much for this post. I enjoyed the mix of redsays. Some felt closer to rendered-from-the-heart than others;, nearly throwing me into a place in which I find myself after listening to Mary Chapin-Carpenter.
All of the essays served to remind me of the vastness of the human experience, and the respective path each of us walks to get to “here,” to “now”.
Each of these young people will certainly enter the room able to deepen the discussion; add to its tones, shape and direction.
Glad to know that each of them has the opportunity to walk into those rooms.