CELEBRATING FAMILY

kicked out of our flat on Lake and Arguello with a big dog and scoffing at the asking price of $850,000 for the entire building. Since we were in Marin every weekend anyway, and Pete’s family had some roots here, moving here made sense.

Raising my girls in this verdant county offered way more positives than negatives. The nature (beach, hiking trails), community (sports teams, parades and clubs) for us overshadowed the infamous negatives; affluenza, disparate income levels and what seemed to me like a ridiculously young age to start talking about drinking and drugs.

My heart breaks now, as I get too many texts from friends, “Did you hear?” Yet another beautiful young life ended by a momentary bad decision. Please take a moment to read page 26. Marin has a lot of great minds coming together to end the fentanyl crisis, but it is going to take everyone being aware of how lethal and prevalent this substance is in our young (and old) ones lives.

Back to happy moments captured by film, because if you think about it, photos illuminate moments otherwise buried or forgotten. In this issue we asked four local photographers to share some of their favorite shots, including the cover image. Once art director Lisa Hilgers spotted the boy flying through the air, she knew. The colors, location and moment all came together to remind us of the joy of being tossed into the sky by dad.

That’s the point of art, right? To stir emotion, happy or sad? One of the stories brought me to the good kind of tears is when I read about the Hurd’s family’s success fostering a sweet girl until her dad was ready to step in. If you were also moved, please consider supporting the Marin Foster Care Association if you can.

Finally, here in the Marin Magazine family, we are thrilled that our executive editor Kasia just got engaged to an equally as intelligent, compassionate and authentically kind human. Our staff is comprised of many only children, which make our bonds even stronger, hence when we got “the text” it felt like Mac was now joining our family, as well.

Family can come in any form, for instance, community for many is family, and we’d love to see your best Marin family moments — a moment of recognition well-deserved by peers, summiting Mt. Tam with baby in tow, an octogenarian blowing out a lot of candles at the Buckeye — whatever it is that makes you smile and feel connected. Tag us @marinmagazine so we can share the love.

Mimi Towle, Editor