{"id":204,"date":"2010-09-12T15:08:46","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T10:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katherinerw.wordpress.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2010-09-12T15:08:46","modified_gmt":"2010-09-12T10:08:46","slug":"hope-paying-it-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/2010\/09\/12\/hope-paying-it-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope: Paying it\u00a0Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> I sat in my car Saturday afternoon reading Facebook comments to Nicholas D. Kristof’s<\/a> question asking what were you doing on 9\/11\/01 and what have we learned. On that day I sat with my coworkers watching the events unfold on tv. One of them was from NY; that was probably my only concrete connection to the city other than the fact I had visited and gone up to the observation deck in the towers. My thoughts went to my then 4 month old daughter. I wondered what sort of world she would grow up in and inherit. That uncertainty still invades my thoughts. I try to do my best to prepare her for what is outside our door.<\/p>\n

As fall begins to set in, I feel I am in a new place. For the past four years, I have have been navigating the world of affordable housing and community development. The last two years that path has included an intern who became my right hand. She started with a great work ethic but not much experience. She has learned so much and it has been great to watch her grow. Over the last few weeks I have watched her move on to a new position.<\/p>\n

For my now 9 year old daughter, for the interns I work with, for the new Girl Scout troop I am leading and other kids I teach, I continue to hope for the future. I hope that a little of what I do will make their world better, make our place better. If nothing else on 9\/11, I pass on that hope. <\/p>\n

Image by Steve Snodgrass<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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