DADS READ: “There is a Tribe of Kids” by Lane Smith
DO I HAVE A TRIBE? This is something I've been thinking about a lot the last few months and years. Do I belong somewhere? What does it mean to belong to a Tribe? Various events in the past few years have triggered these thoughts. One of those events was visiting the National Building Museum with this Robert Frost quote from "The Death of the Hired Man" : "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in." - Robert Frost Another one of those events was this book - " There is a Tribe of Kids " by Lane Smith. It explores what we do to belong, how we try to conform to a group - regardless of how different we may be, and how the search for community can be overpowering. Mallory and I have moved almost ten times since we were married 11 years ago. Each time we've moved, we have managed to meet some of the best people along the way. We both grew up in Utah, were married t...