Martin Luther King Jr.

When the kids had the day off from school to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday 

it came up in conversation between Jay and I - 

"should we be explaining why this day is worthy of no school?"

It seemed, to us, almost like telling them the truth about Santa.

Our kids, kids, don't see color.  They don't know about Civil Rights.  

They love everyone.  

They don't see our differences, they just see people.

So why would we bust that bubble to explain that not everyone has always thought that way, 

some people still don't?

Jay and I have always joked that we hate everyone equally, 

it has nothing to do with race or religion, 

everyone who is not us is just very annoying.

So, we decided not to let the kids in on the whole "race war" thing just yet.

A few days later, Abby brought this home:

Abby wrote "Martin Luther King" but said "wanted everyone to play together", which her teacher wrote for her.

I could not have said it better.