Be the GOOD

Good morning, Mamas! I had planned to write today about Father's Day, how we made homemade gifts this year, and share a few of those recipes but I can't- too much is on my heart this morning. I woke up this morning and the sun was shining. (I can't tell you the last time the sun has been out. Oklahoma drought? pst.)  I looked in on my kiddos and I swear my heart grew as I watched them sleep. Tangled in curls, big t-shirts, where-did-the-time-go hands and feet, sweet faces totally relaxed and without a care in the world and I wondered... Has every generation of Imperfectly Perfect Mamas worried about raising kids in a cruel world? War, abuse, hunger, senseless acts of violence... the nightly news is too much to bare but it's just the thirty minute news.  These acts of violence and despair happen every second of every day all of the world. It's easy to loose hope and to parent out of fear. My default is to protect my children from the world and to shelter them from all that is cruel and this is a REACTIVE approach. BUT this morning the sun was shining and it was a reminder to me to be a little sunshine in a world that has certainly felt gray lately. When I feel like the world is caving in and I have no control, I do something kind for someone else. It's amazing what the shift of energy can create. Be a little sunshine today. Be love. Be kind. Be understanding. Today, I choose to be PROACTIVE and to teach kindness and love regardless of what the world is trying to teach us. I stand on LOVE. My childhood friend Mr. Rogers, okay we weren't friends but I loved him, once wrote, "when I was a boy and I would see scary things my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." Be the GOOD in the world. Stay strong, Mamas. You are imperfectly perfect.