Will we stand up for democracy? I was sitting in a local bakery early on the Feast of the Epiphany, sipping coffee and reading President Biden’s Valley Forge address on defending our democracy, when a young family came into the bakery.
Two high-pitched voices pierced the quiet, thanks to a four-year-old and his 18-month-old sister. The girl climbed out of her stroller and wandered around the room commenting incoherently.
She ran around a table, stopped and looked up at me. I asked her if she was going to compete in the 50-yard dash in the Olympics.
She paused as if considering her answer. Her mother gave her a blueberry from a muffin. She put it in her mouth, took it out again and held it up for me. “No, thanks,“ I said. “I already ate.