I love my kids. I’m talking about my own kids. My children. I think about them every day and I realize I don’t tell them often enough that I love them. They are good kids!

This probably strikes you as an odd way to begin an article about our profession and about the future of our professional association but let me explain. Both my son and my daughter are now adults and finding their niche in life. They have families of their own and they face many of the same challenges most of us did as we worked through the early years of our adult lives.

Significantly, my daughter changed her name! She gave up her maiden name, the only name she had ever known, and took a new name. This marked the next chapter in her personal evolution toward self-actualization, self-fulfillment, and creating her lasting personal legacy. Even before she changed her name she was an exceptional person- caring, loving, fun, dedicated and professional.