{hopes & dreams}

Last week Wyatt came home from school talking all about Martin Luther King, Jr. They were reading books about him at school and and he told me he was very interested in learning more

 about him and had lots of questions...

Was he a real king?

Does everyone have equal rights yet?

Why couldn't everyone just ride on a bus together?

We stopped at the book store the next day after school to try and find a book on MLK for him. There really weren't any books suitable for his age but he wanted one so bad so I gave in and got him one that is actually over is head.  I have a hard time saying No to anyone begging for a book. Really hard.

And at least it's not some junky toy, right? Yeah, that's why we have a house full of books.

And I figure he will be ready for that book before I know it anyway. 

In the mean time he told us everything he learned at school and started working on his own

book right away. That boy loves making his own books, he says he is the author and illustrator.

Later I heard him trying to explain segregation to Charlotte
(oh, how I wish I would've heard that whole conversation!) and I heard her say;

"White? I thought we were pink."
 It made me proud and made me want to cry at the same time.
 She had no idea we are considered "white".

If only we could all see things the way our kids do.  They don't care if we don't care.

They don't see differences if we don't.

I know we all have dreams for our kids. And hopes.
When I hear things like the shooting in Tucson last week I start to mentally freak out.
 How does this happen? No one raises their children with that in mind for their future.
No one thinks their child is going to be in the wrong place at the wrong time like that, either.
What kind of world are we raising our kids in?
It's hard and overwhelming and scary sometimes.
My hope is not that my children grow up to be doctors or lawyers, living debt-free in a
fancy house or even what many others may consider to be "successful".
Success to me would be that they grow up to be good people and live a good  life.
That's my hope.

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