Dallas..... My home.....

I can't understand how someone can be convicted of rape but be given leniency based on athletic abilities.

I can't understand how universities cover up rape to protect their brand and male athletes.

I can't understand how someone can do what was done in Orlando.

I can't understand how what happened in Louisiana and Baton Rouge continues to happen.

I can't understand what happened in Dallas last night.

The truth is they are all related. They are all based on devaluing another human being because of their job, race, gender, religion or life style.

To people who post that because someone has a criminal record it is ok they were shot and executed when they were unarmed, shame on you. To people who post that what happened last night was inevitable and in any way justifiable shame on you. Both examples continue to perpetuate hate and violence which only leads to more hate and violence.

My heart breaks for all effected by all of these recent events. I do not believe I have to choose who my heart breaks for. I will not choose. Wrong is always wrong no matter who it is done to. Whether it is an innocent man during a traffic stop, or innocent police officers gathered to protect peaceful protest, it is all wrong and disgusting. 

I am not sure what the answer is, so I will continue to do what I believe I can. Teach my children to be color blind, teach my children to be kind even to those we disagree with, and teach my children to stand up for what we believe in in a nonviolent way. Help them to recognize hate and bigotry no matter who it comes from or what it is clouded in, so they never succumb to it. To stand up for what is right even when it is hard. 

 I will continue to try to empower the young women I teach and coach. Help guide them to be strong and not fearful. Help them to learn to stand up for what they believe in and stand up for themselves. 

And mostly I will continue to pray. Pray for those who have died needlessly. Pray for those who's hearts will never be whole again. Pray for those who have hate in their heart. That they may find a better way and find peace. Pray that this stops. 

"We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience." Martin Luther King Jr.