Monday, June 29, 2020

Wear Your Mask!


Oh COVID. You are ruining so much of our lives. People are sick and dying. Others are fighting. It’s tearing our country a part. I just wish we could all get on the same page. 

Luckily, our great governor of Kansas (no, I’m not being sarcastic) announced today that starting Friday, masks are required when in public places. And I’m ok with this. Sometimes it feels awkward but guess what?? Wear it for a few days and it’s not that awkward. And you’re helping to protect others.  

I’m going to climb off my soapbox now. 

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Caturday 6/13/2020

The girls have been busy!! Lauryn got news shoes which came in a bigger box.  So the girls of course took turns! 

Scully is up first:


Then AJ’s turn:



And then Scully again! 



Monday, June 8, 2020

Monday Musings 6/8/2020

I took a week off from blogging. This week has been long. And I didn’t know how to form my words so I needed to sit back and think. And listen. As everyone knows, police brutality is worse and a man died after being suffocated for 8 minutes while a police officer held him down. And the protests started for Black Lives Matter.  I’m going to be 100% transparent. My first reaction was: don’t all lives matter? Why are we singling out one ethnicity? Aren’t we supposed to be kind to everyone? And then I saw this:



And I was brought to my knees. Okay, I get it now. So I started reading credible sources and listening to others. And I’ve taken my time to find my voice. I have been privileged my whole life. When I’m driving my car and see a police officer, the only thing I think about it “whew, I was only going 8 mph over the speed limit”.  And the one time I was pulled over 9 years ago for speeding, my thoughts were only “there goes my fun money for the month”. 

There have been many a time where I haven’t gotten the message Black Lives Matter and for that, I am sorry. I have worked on being kind to others but I didn’t see the injustices that are occurring just based on the color of your skin. I promise, from here on out, I will do better. I will help you fight for equality. You and me in this fight together.