one world

purpose: to connect, create value, stretch, and witness the mundane magical

October 30, 2012

same love


A pediatrician friend of ours has family that helped make this video about same sex love. I love the message.

October 26, 2012

Merricks visit


The Merricks came and visited us a few weekends ago. What an honor it was to have them in our home for a couple nights and go touristing around the city. I had a pink wig in the basement - which can you guess who fell in love with it and wore it that evening to the Space Needle outing?

October 11, 2012

gangnam style

Casey showed me this video. I have to share it. It has over 400 million views, and several copy-cat dancers including US navy guys, and many others around the world. It originates from South Korean rapper Psy. Fun.

October 3, 2012

weeping nurse

I walked into work and found two of my co-workers in tears in the breakroom. I'll call one of them: Sweet Gentle Smarty Who's Always Collected (rare qualities on a busy hospital floor). The other was sitting there crying in empathy, without words. Come to find out, she is preparing to marry, and her parents don't want anything to do with her fiancee. He's from another race.

Trying on her wedding dress, her mother is trying to talk her out of marriage, speaking ill of his genetic composition and culture. Her father has refused to meet the young man. She sat there quietly weeping - I'd never seen this vulnerability in her before - wishing that her parents would just get to know this man she loves, and love him too.

Her tears jarred something in me that have had me thinking about her the last couple days. Man I'm sad. I understand partly, personally. I've heard her story so many times in so many variations. And part of me is angry.

I don't know how to fix it. Other than love her. And build bridges with diverse people in my own life and circles. And encourage others to reach into their more loving self, and let go of their set expectations for someone else, and welcome change, and newness, and love.