FOR FUTURE FATHER'S DAYS

Yesterday Deborah and I joined a large diverse group of people in Asheville, North Carolina (the line of people stretched as far as we could see) In a peaceful protest of our president, our government and what we see as their abuses and cruelty. We raised our voices in unison against the injustices we see… our goal: to build a better world…one filled with peace and love and harmony. There were a wide variety of protest signs… (the entire scene was captured by drones hovering above) and though I was also there to protest…my banner read ‘Choose Love’. Because of all the things we have to protest…so many on which to concentrate for me it all comes down to one…I was there to protest hate.. Protesting those who hate the things they do not and are unwilling to understand. Protesting what that hate has done…to our people, our government…our land. But there’s another reason I was standing there…protesting in my own way… because I knew when I awoke this morning…the sun would rise on Father’s Day. And as a father I want my children and grandchildren and great grandchildren to know in the midst of this government’s tyranny and mayhem.. that not only was I there for me…I was protesting there for them. I want them to know I’m willing to speak out for what I believe in… against the hate that has permeated this land… that in order for them to live in a better world…I’m willing to make a stand. I want them to know as long as there is discrimination, inequality abuse and oppression…taking away a woman’s choice… I will stand on a street corner to protest…I will be there to raise my voice.. I want them to know I believe in justice, diversity, equality, inclusion and woke-ness and I will do whatever it takes to see this vision through…. I want them to know that ‘Choose Love’ is not just a banner I hold up in protest It’s something that I do. I may not succeed in my life time…to change people’s feeling and perceptions to make those who hate finally understand… but if the next generation of my family takes up the banner…’Choose Love’ I know I’ll be leaving it in good hands. So future father’s on Father’s day….will be able sit back and smile…because ‘Choose Love’ will no longer be a banner to be held up in protest it will be something everybody does