This morning I woke up to news filled with videos of what I can only describe as hate. Hate fueled by anger over what some may call perceived, but others may just simply say is an injustice, and feelings of inequality. I am not going to post my thoughts and feelings about what happened last night… I don’t believe that my blog is the place… but I will talk about how I can only hope and pray that my daughter will never know the hatred of these situations. I pray we come to a place where such atrocities will no longer occur.
Annabelle is just so innocent. The scariest anomaly in her life is the vacuum cleaner. It makes loud noises and she doesn’t understand it. Her current aspiration is to not get caught putting a sock in the toilet. She doesn’t know anything about monsters or scary shadows in the night. Violence does not exist in her world. Hate is a feeling she has never felt. “Hate …it has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet.- Maya Angelou.”
Such a great reminder that we are not born with hate!
xo
Great post on the events that took place last night. I have an almost 11 month old. As I was holding her last night watching it all unfold I too had some of your same thoughts. I just wanted to hold her tighter and protect from the craziness of the world. Praying for peace.
Someone made a good comment–we aren’t born with hate. It is learned. My son is 12, so I try to talk to him about these things. Part of me wants to protect him and hide these events from him, but that won’t help things. I could go on and on, but I won’t. I just want to say that things need to change. We aren’t born with hate. Instead of teaching hate and reacting the same way every time there is an injustice, we (as American people) need to come together and make a change. I saw this 22 years ago with the L.A. Riots. I was in 10th grade. Same thing. White police. Black victim. The verdict from the court wasn’t what the people wanted. They took to the streets, burned buildings, stole from their neighbors, and killed people. That obviously didn’t change anything because we (as Americans) are facing something similar. Things need to change. For us, for our kids, for their kids. Hold your babies tight and teach them tolerance and non-violent ways. Maybe one day change will happen. Thanks Caitlin for your thoughts.