"I have a dream that one day... the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
On NPR radio at noon they had the entire speach MLK gave the night before his assassination-about an hour long and the boys and I listened and he was an amazing speaker. They played leapster no the floor after a while and then would put it down and come onto my lap. I learned so much about MLK just hearing him "live". It is always hard to decide at what age to gently open up the history of racism to them-but it is our job as white parents to teach our biracial children about MLK and what a great man he was. Terra in Missouri
~ PARTY OF FIVE ~ The Johnson-McCormick Family Blog
About Our Blog
The Johnson-McCormick Family Blog is a blog spot for sharing the scoop on our little family's big life! We are Heather, Braydon, Kyle, Owen, and Meera Johnson-McCormick. Kyle and Owen are twins- born May 8, 2004 in Cite Soleil, Port au Prince, Haiti- adopted January 31, 2005. We became a "Party of 5" when Meera Grace was born to us on May 28, 2008. We have a crazy, fun-filled life with 3 bambinos and 2 big careers all under 1 roof - The point of this blog is three-fold: 1) to keep friends and family posted on K, O, and M's goings on's and our life, 2) to create an historical document/journal/scrapbook of this wild ride, 3) to be out there in the blogosphere -- loud and proud -- doing what we can to support other adoptive/inter-racial families and dual-career families in their journeys. Thanks for reading and following along! As Kyle and Owen say, "It's a bumpy bumpy ride!"(in a good way!).
4 comments:
If that isn't the most heartwarming message, I don't know what is!
Gail
Dreams can come true.
On NPR radio at noon they had the entire speach MLK gave the night before his assassination-about an hour long and the boys and I listened and he was an amazing speaker. They played leapster no the floor after a while and then would put it down and come onto my lap. I learned so much about MLK just hearing him "live". It is always hard to decide at what age to gently open up the history of racism to them-but it is our job as white parents to teach our biracial children about MLK and what a great man he was. Terra in Missouri
First time reading your blog. Great quote.
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