A Beautiful Day...

 Hi! 

I know. 

You're probably getting tired of the sunrise/sunset pics, but in my defense, I do live in the aptly named "Land of The Living Skies", so how can I not?

So, as it is Valentine's day weekend, I decided to keep this week's ramblings a little lighter than they have been recently. With all of the evil bubbling to the surface, sometimes we need to take a minute to rediscover, and remind ourselves that these asshats don't represent the majority of humanity. 

Yesterday, I had the privilege of escorting my daughter and freshly 14-year-old grandson on a day of fun. For his birthday, he wanted to try sushi for the first time. and did he! He was so open to try all the things! He liked most of them, only having reservations when sampling a few of the 30+ different varieties. Then it was off to the mall where some quality time was spent picking out just the right fabric for his school project, then to a different mall to focus on selecting just the right "fit." After this it was off to one of he, and his mom's favourite places... a book store. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to witness the excitement a book store brings these two. As a writer, it always makes me so hopeful for the future to see how crowded these spaces remain, even in a society that flocks to technology constantly.

During the course of our day, we had interactions, came in contact with, made quick connections with a bunch of other people out enjoying their day in their own way. Although the entire city was busy and buzzing like an overcrowded ant farm, we witnessed no rudeness, no confrontation, no tension, no reason to be guarded... just a day of everyone being kind to each other.

And it was easy.

As we get waterboarded by all of the dark news that streams across our feeds, try to remember, they aren't all of us. They aren't even most of us. They are but a few... and karma is, and always will be a determined bitch who will get hers, one way or another. 

Stay kind. 

Days of accountability are coming, the air is thick with it. 

It's only a matter of time.