There’s magic in a child’s laughter, in a grandparent’s caress, in the wonder of a mountain meadow and a quiet wood, and in a sunset over the Pacific. That magic won’t put food on your table or make every problem disappear. But it can give you a chance to refresh and regroup.

Try Pentimento focuses on the magic that’s all around us: in nature, in friends, and even in people we might otherwise label them. To find that magic, we have to peel back the layers of expectations that others have for us, that we have for them, and even some that we have for ourselves. We create our boundaries, and we can recreate them when we’re willing to laugh at ourselves and cry with others and when we celebrate our differences as a reason to be connected. We hope you find our weekly vignettes interesting and entertaining and that they spark meaningful conversations about honoring every person’s place in this world.