(Illustration by Joe Dworetzky/Bay City News)

Unlike her father at the same age —when he allegedly ate a bug on a dare — my 17-year-old is one of those kids who thinks and worries about the future. 

She just finished her third year in high school and worries the best is behind her, to which I tell her she has no idea how great the next decade is going to be. 

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Tony Hicks covers Contra Costa County news and leads our Library Hub team. He previously worked for Bay Area News Group for 22 years as an award-winning news and feature writer, columnist, and music and...