“Every family struggles with different things, and everybody struggles with diffe…” — Mark Shriver

I had had a father whose shoes I could never fill, against whom I would never measure up; yet, I felt no pressure do so.

Dad was joyful until the day he died, and I think that joy was deeply rooted in his love affair with God.

I had the fixation that comes with being a Kennedy to be a great man on the big stage.

Children without access to quality early education programs start kindergarten with an 18-month disadvantage, and that gap continues to widen. By the time they are in fourth grade, many cannot do math or read at grade level.