To my mom, who taught me, “You’ll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.”

And to my dad, who sat outside on the steps with the black soldiers who were not allowed to eat at the inside lunch counter during the long bus ride home to Texas after World War II.

Thanks for teaching me to do the right thing.

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