Martin Luther King, Jr day is a day I never thought much about - except it seemed like we always got a snow day on it in Ohio when I was in school (great for me since we never got it off as a holiday). Today, I think more about the holiday because of my kids. With my multi-colored specially from God family, I am thankful for the steps made to stem racial hatred - now if only more people would pick up the baton and be accepting of all races - especially families who are blended in this fashion.
People often don't like to accept what they can't understand - and to some people, understanding why a white couple would have black children is totally incomprehensible. We have had so many comments made about our kids. It makes me sad - my kids are special gifts given to us by God - and He didn't look at all our colors and decided we couldn't live together. In fact, having a "blended" family gives us a lot of great opportunities to teach our kids about people's similarities and differences. We like to use M and M candies - they are all different on the outside, but the inside is exactly the same in every single one, chocolate!
I greatly appreciate the people who are kind to us, who talk to the kids, who encourage us in our walk through this life. A smile to my kids is light in my heart! We are blessed with our kids, and I hope that as the world focuses today on less hate for the races that maybe some people will find it in their hearts to be accepting of families who are blended in color - not just black, many families have Asian or Indian children or Mexican children. Multi-colored families are families the same as any other, they just have more opportunities to discuss with their children how God made all of us the same on the inside - with a purpose to love and serve Him!
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