I've been a financial service professional for over 28 years.

Me and Ellie get out at least once a week and hit the foothill trails or along the river.

I'm the pastry chef here.

I get to work with, like, really incredible people.

You know, more than our skills and our talents, like, we bring our personality into what we do.

My grandfather came to this valley, started farming out in Marsing.

Next year will be our 60th anniversary.

I'm just a regular guy.

Yeah.

You mean I go to church, I, I have a family.

I love my wife.

I love my kids.

I love what I do.

And that I can.

I can help feed people.

“You know, if it started the stress process...” I am a warrior, worrier, a mom, a voter, a veteran, a gardener, a poet, a writer, and a Jew.

And more.

[Laughs] At sundown we are all lighting Shabbat candles, all the women in Jewish households that practice.

There's a huge amount of light going into the world.

It is a really beautiful thing.

We all have our own story about life in Idaho, but we often don't stop to listen to those stories or get to know each other beyond labels or superficial impressions.

I don't need the people around me to agree with me.

What I really desire is just to be seen for my experience to be validated.

I love this community.

I've loved it for over 40 years.

There was a time when we can be Democrats and we can be Republicans, but at the end we can go have a, have a beer and still be friends.

Today we are just so divided.

I think a lot of it has to do with media, internet, social media.

But we have to find a better way to come together.

And a lot of times I feel like the labels we carry are the labels people have given us.

And it has nothing to do with how we see ourselves.

I would say my positions are right leaning, but I think that's where we need to listen to each other and understand why our positions are what they are.

We are all seeking the same outcome; Happiness, joy, peace, love.

The politics today are driving a wedge further and further in between that.

[Hammering] So what if we paused the shouting and the arguing?

What if we reserved judgment?

What if we just listened to each other?