This personal reflection on the life of President Jimmy Carter highlights his ethical standards, commitment to humanity, and welcoming nature. The author shares anecdotes from her childhood, including experiences with the Carter family during her father's service as national security advisor.
President Jimmy Carter was a man of principle. His moral compass helped guide him — and us — through some of our country’s greatest challenges. Those high ethical standards, and his deep commitment to humanity and belief in the inherent good of people, carried over into every aspect of his life, too. The former president died at 100 on Sunday, at his home in Plains, Georgia. I first met President Carter as a child.
My dad, Zbigniew Brzezinski, served as his national security advisor from 1977 to 1981 — from age 10 through my early teen years. They were also friends. My dad was his trusted confidant and jogging partner. I feel so lucky that I got to know the Carter family. President Jimmy Carter was a good man, one who was underestimated, faithful, humble and a public servant to his core. Being part of the Carters’ lives also gave me a front-row seat to history. My dad took me and my two brothers on any work trip he could so we could see the world through the lens of a national security advisor. President Carter always welcomed us on those trips, from a private dinner with Pope John Paul II during his official visit to the U.S. to private meetings with several world leaders. I even got to go to Camp David in Maryland during the historic 1979 peace accords, which laid the groundwork for diplomatic and commercial relations between Egypt and Israel. The Carters’ daughter, Amy, and I are the same age. I remember swimming with her during that trip and having dinner at the main cabin with the Carter family almost every night. One evening, President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, asked me to play piano for them. I was a terrible piano player, but nervously agreed to play a little tune. It was simple and I wasn’t very good. But they gave me the biggest round of applause that I ever heard in my entire life. They were validating, lovely and human. They felt like an extension of my family. Of course, my dad wasn’t around all the time during those very busy year
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