โ€œ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ, ๐˜† ๐˜๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ.
๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜€.โ€

๐˜ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜งโ€”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ.

For all the joy, culture, and incredible music in Bad Bunnyโ€™s Super Bowl halftime performance, that line is what stayed with me.

Ten years ago, he was bagging groceries.
Now, heโ€™s on the biggest stage in the world.

A decade ago, I was headed to South Africa to complete an adoption, unsure if Iโ€™d have a job when I returned.
Today, Iโ€™m the parent of a healthy 14-year-old and the CFO of the school district where I earned my diploma.

๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ.