You don't have to be what you've always been

Greater than the sum of your parts

Earlier tonight, the phone rang; it was a call from my nephew: "Aunt Kelly, my buddy and I are talking about hatching quail. What do we need to know?" It may have been the best phone call I've ever received. My time has come.

When I looked down and saw it was my nephew, I was pretty sure he'd want help voting. In Colorado, ballots have already hit mailboxes. As a 20-plus-year veteran of politics, I will answer calls from now until election day. Family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else with my number, will ask how to vote on a host of races.

I'm happy to take any call and discuss every candidate and question people have about their long and sometimes confusing ballot. Reasonable voters will disagree, so I always try to help people figure out what *they* want rather than just tell them how I'm voting. Sometimes that means I'll help my friends cancel my picks, but it's worth it to assist them in expressing their wishes.

By the way, I would have been happy to help my nephew with his ballot, but he didn't want to know who was the better candidate for Secretary of State; he wanted to know about hatching Bobwhites. Fabulous.