Much of who we are as people is shaped before we are even born. Did your mother have adequate nutrition to support your growing body inside of her? Were your parents married in a loving community, providing you with a stable home and other adults to care for you and them as you lived out your childhood? Was the place that you played as a child safe, and the food you ate adequate? If you got sick, who was there to take care of you? These are all questions of people and place, which means that they are ultimately questions of blood and soil.
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