I recently reached out to Nancy about an upcoming event with the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition — a small but meaningful gathering where Sterling K. Brown will be in attendance. I shared my idea to create a visual display featuring my children’s books, Ward and the State and More Than a Conqueror, complete with a QR code so guests could pre-register and stay connected.
Nancy’s response was simple but powerful: “We’ll make it happen.”
Those four words reminded me that vision rarely becomes reality in isolation. It takes people who see what you see — sometimes even before it’s clear — and choose to lean in, build, and believe alongside you.
It’s a living example of what Paul wrote :
That scripture captures it perfectly — vision requires both initiators and cultivators. Some of us plant, others water, but it’s God who brings the growth. Every time someone says, “We’ll make it happen,” they’re joining in that divine process of turning purpose into progress.
When you find people like that, you don’t take them for granted. You thank them.