To Mommy Who Taught Me to Believe in the Goodness of People, Thank You and I am Missing You So
Last Saturday, we launched the Love is Love shirts. I and Michee were pretty excited. I frantically searched for my phone to share the news to Mommy, my grandmother. But before I could find my phone, it dawned on me, that she's gone.
She passed away almost 2 years ago but I still often find myself thinking of calling her just to chat or share some news or of flying back home to surprise her. Yesterday was Mother's Day. When we went outside to walk Percy (our adorable dog) early morning, I saw mothers and their children, grandmothers and their grandchildren coming from the church and off to have brunch and celebrate Mother's Day. It was a lovely sight to see. But a painful one as well. It reminded me that I can no longer have a Mother's Day celebration with my Mommy. I can no longer spend the holidays with her and share my struggles and accomplishments with her. How I wish that I got the chance to tell her about what we are trying to do here at Love is Love. I can only wish that she saw me finally putting myself out there, standing up for something I truly believe in, and trying to make a difference in this world.
She used to tell me that everyone has a responsibility to make this world a better place and that I should think about what I can do to contribute to society. I used to just joke about it and crack a wise-ass response like "I can't save humanity Mommy" or something along that line. I wish I was wiser then and just said, I will Mommy.
From all of the things, my grandmother tried teaching me, she insisted on one thing - To always believe in the goodness of people, no matter what. I just thought back then, well that's quite hard to do and a dreamy ideology. I just wish my grandmother can see me now. Having faith in the goodness of people, reaching out and sharing our message of love and acceptance. Yes, believing in the goodness of people is quite hard to do and it is dreamy but I'd rather believe in it than the alternative. And I know there are other people out there who are as dreamy as I am believing in this idea.
And just a few months after we launched the Love is Love website and Facebook page, I was able to connect and exchange words with such people from all across the globe. People (like Scott Lyons) who are trying to change the world for the better. I can only hope that I'm making you proud Mommy. It's a day after Mother's Day and I am still missing you so.
