The Ties That Bind Us

Before you carry on reading this column, please, do the following: stand in front of a mirror, preferably a full-length one and ask yourself this question: what am I? Not, who are you? You know who you are, but what you are will pose a different challenge. Then, come back to this space and post a short, one- or two-line response below.

At some point in the last ten to twelve years I posed a similar question to myself. Before…