I have doing my best to put my faith in the basic values that were once expected in our country, where treating people with respect, and putting some value in your work, will prevail over the divide and conquer narrative that has driven such a wedge between so many people. I want to believe that the more times we sit down with people like Stu Tanner and have a rationale conversation about what we want our government to look like, it will come to be.

I want to believe that the relationship that started in that tiny bedroom in Ekalaka, Montana, and trickled down into the two oldest sons, is still the kind of relationship people want to cultivate in Montana, and in America.