“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
War. Terrorism. Extremism. Racism. Hate. Violence. Unrest. Suffering. Death.
These words should not be commonplace for us in everyday news.
It’s 7:15 a.m. on Monday morning and the fifth alarm that you’ve set on your cell phone is chirping. You’re late. After frantically throwing off the sheets and pulling on a red skirt and lime green top (never mind that they don’t match), you take
This morning, I got up late and started jamming my children’s assorted legs and arms into jeans and hopefully clean shirts. Food was shoved into mouths, dogs were yelled at for throwing up on the carpet--for which one sulked and the other ran away. We