I just finished two TED talks about strangers. The first talked about how much we benefit from actually making eye contact, having a conversation, and actually being vulnerable with them is to our minds, hearts, and souls. The second was about altruistic people and what makes someone altruistic . . . and can altruism be learned? As I was chopping away at my flower patch that is not mostly just taken over by Black-Eyed Susans, I thought about strangers and what I was taught about stranger and how I feel about them now. Here is before . . . And here is after . . . I know, it's hard to tell, but if you look really hard you can . . . I promise . . . at least I hope . . . But back to strangers. As I was listening I immediately thought of this super long flight I was on from Calgary to Connecticut (honestly, like about as far apart as you can get). I was 7 3/4 months pregnant with Finnegan flying out to go to my grandmother's funer...