This past Monday, I brought my sons with me over to the home of my oldest son's teacher (she teaches a Montessori school out of her home) to catch up with her and her husband and so my son would have an opportunity to see them both (save for zoom meetings which he wasn't very diligent about participating in, he hasn't seen her since she shut down in March). Needless to say the two hours we visited absolutely boosted my son's spirits and for once he started acting like the kid that I knew before the pandemic and lock down. Suffice to say, he's angry and he's confused and I don't blame him one bit. Like everyone else his life came to an abrupt halt and then the world just became really REALLY strange for all of us.
They are really amazing people and genuinely two of the easiest people in the world to talk to. I chatted her husband up about about toxic masculinity, Black Lives Matter, Donald Trump, the recent events that took place around town, and I started to feel hopeful about what's to come because we were both so passionate about the conversation we were having (although, I can't say I am surprised at all as he's a truly remarkably sweet man and cool guy to talk to). I left their house feeling really great, they had even recommended that at some point I check out the new community bike path and specifically the bridge with all of the artwork. At the time someone had made a mural of George Floyd that they found breathtaking but to little surprise someone had ruined it. The husband told me the artist said he'd try to recreate it, unfortunately I never found it when I took my youngest with me to visit that spot. I did however find SO many amazing pieces of art. I love this area, I discovered it last spring with my oldest and was blown away by the sheer talent on display
When I was pushing the stroller back toward the cross walk, I couldn't help but spot this sign in the front yard of the house behind the fence
My stupid trauma tremors make it impossible to take a good photo when something is far off but it read "our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." I could not think of a better sentiment to describe both this current administration and the current state of the world that most of us still find so unfathomable. Stay safe everyone. I swear we are going to make it out the other side of this living nightmare and things will slowly begin to resemble some aspect of normalcy. I won't lie though, there are days I'm not even really sure that will happen. I have to though, for my kids...I have to be an eternal optimist. I mean, especially knowing that families like the wonderful folks who work in that Montessori school exist.
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