“Newly elected senators walk toward an orientation meeting inside the U.S. Capitol on Monday, less than a week after Democrats took control of the House and Senate,” read a CBS lead sentence.
The fellow in the blue suit, new guy Josh Turek, representing my state of Iowa, has never walked, having been born with spina bifida. But he has crawled up hundreds of stairs, dragging his wheelchair, asking for our votes.
When visiting our community for the first time a year ago, he said something that stuck with me.
Running for the United States Senate is not the hardest thing I’ve done.
This is not an essay about the details of Josh’s life, politics, or America’s midterm election.
It’s about each of our stories. How we’ve traveled from A to B. What challenges we’ve faced.
Once you look closely at a new person, choosing the better verbs becomes much easier.
