I was born into a string of privileges: racial privilege, financial privilege, sexual privilege, physical privilege, educational privilege. I was born to parents who considered the education and nurture of their children their highest priority; I was born into a time and class in which my gender and religion are little impediment to doing whatever I take into my head to do. I have lived my entire life thus far without ever being robbed of …showed first 75 words of 432 total…

…showed last 75 words of 432 total…to plan the day.” (E.B. White.) My hope is that regular contact with individuals who personify that struggle fought and won, alongside others who have the same worries about the impact of their service, will show me that a balance is possible. I want to remember that I am simply part of the problem if I allow myself to be blinded by personal possibilities and to become complacent about the state of the world.