Hello World!
Saturday is the first day of summer and now besides the Covid-19 pandemic, the last few weeks have opened the spotlight of racial injustices in America that have created an historic year. My husband and I have been glued to our phones and tv for updates on what’s going on around the country. We’ve been having open talks with each other, friends, and family about our hurt, frustrations, anger, and proud moments that’s been happening in our culture. With all this talk our children have obviously had a lot of questions. We’ve never sugar coated our ancestors history and the current struggles to our children. We have taken an initiative from day one of raising our girls to inform them of history and current events that they won’t be getting from school. We give our girls these truths not to put fear in them but to initiate a sense of pride on knowing what African Americans have overcome despite our hurdles. Reading the story of Ruby Bridges to my little girls when they might have some fear of the first day of school has helped tremendously in giving them courage.
But, after spending a few hours on TikTok watching protests and looking up to see my kids glued to their tablets I realized that we needed a break from screen time. I’m personally thinking of ways to help my black community to keep the momentum going indefinitely but without checking out of parenting. While I figure out God’s purpose for me, I thought of creating a summer bucket list for my girls. The world is going through changes but for my little girls it’s still summertime and that means memories to be made. Here’s our list for some ideas and I pray everyone is taking time to make their own memories with their kids too.
