1. I have more privacy when I shower at the gym than when I shower at home
2. If you want to piss off twins just tell them they are tired
3. Roughly 80% of a parent’s job on any given family outing is just holding stuff. Here, hold this and this and this
4. One twin has mastered commanding both dogs to sit. Now he is working on the other twin
5. I love how the twins cry for me to wait for them as I’m walking out the door. Like I’d ever go to school drop off WITHOUT THEM!!
February marks Black History Month, a tribute to African American men and women who have made significant contributions to America and the rest of the world in the fields of science, politics, law, sports, the arts, entertainment, and many other fields. It is celebrated in February in the United States and Canada while in Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom it is observed in October. This week we picked one male and one female African American that impacted this country in monumental ways and educated the twins on who they were and the significance they had on history. Next week we are going to pick noteworthy African-American historical events to educate them on, especially the historical events that do not get taught in the American educational system that should be.
While Black History Month is synonymous with prominent figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, George Washington Carver and Barack Obama, there are countless other African Americans who've made a profound impact in history: self-made millionaire Madam C.J. Walker, astronaut Mae C. Jemison, open-heart surgeon Daniel Hale Williams, inventor Garret Morgan, media mogul Oprah Winfrey and "Father of Black History" Carter G. Woodson, who lobbied extensively to establish Black History Month as a nationwide celebration, among many others.
My sons how you treat people should be equal no matter personality, age, life experience, race/ethnicity, socio-economic class, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ability and religion. Blueprints on how to treat everyone can be found in the following scriptures:
Leviticus 19:18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any people but love your neighbor as yourself.
Mark 12:31 Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.
Galatians 3:26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
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