Third grade, teacher re-enters the room crying. That was my first awareness of government.
For most of my 60 years, (yes, I just turned 60 as well) I was the black sheep in my very conservative family. My mother was quite liberal, but she passed when I was young, and I inherited a stepmother who encouraged me to read Ayn Rand when I was 18. That should tell you everything you need to know about what I've been dealing with for almost my entire life.
My father just turned 90 and is suffering from dementia. In one of his more lucid moments, he shared some history of the family with me. He said his parents were big supporters of FDR and he thinks it is just fine that I am a liberal. I cannot tell you how freeing that was to my soul and my father knew it was important to share his sentiment of acceptance before he slips into oblivion.
I think the Democratic party is in a fight for its very soul now. This is the moment to reject the corporate control of our party and return to our roots. The very essence of what they called themselves at one time, The Third Way, indicates they're different than the Democratic Way. And they are. And we realize this because we remember our roots.
I'm so encouraged to see Millennials fighting to get back to those roots. 
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