World.........

This is from two years ago.......it is long, and made longer as I have added at the bottom. My Thought for this Day.....I am headed west and I have left a large part of my heart in the Parkland NICU. I have held Titus, I have watched him have sweet baby dreams, I have seen him already get mad at his Daddy for moving him, and I was told by the nurses that he is so popular, they have had to ban the all the docs and nurses that aren't associated with the NICU from coming to see him. His mama is also a star at Parkland and Titus has joined that club. His mom and dad married 3 years ago this coming Monday and two days later she stepped into Parkland as an Ob/Gyn resident. This coming Wednesday she will begin her fourth and final year of residency as one of the Chief Residents. Now to my thought. This world is never easy, but always ours. Titus decided to join us early and is living in a Baby 5 star hotel....this according to his father. But he also is having to be strong and catch up to where he needs to be. He is getting the job done with a mighty heart and a courageous spirit. So tiny souls can teach us all to fight our own battles and not step over the stripes into judgement and criticism of whoever is driving in the lane next to you. We are meant to run a race...the human race. And while we must form our own values and while it is okay to disagree; it is not okay to hate. This little boy and all the other innocent children need a safe, strong world in which to flourish. Why can't we, as adults, understand it is up to us to build, not destroy. Emmie loves her Titus Dax Brannan with every fiber of her being. My prayer is that his future world is not built on the notion that 'I am right, and you are wrong!' My prayer is that in his life he will see people understand that it is okay to disagree; it is not okay to hate and kill and lash out in violent ways. My Thought for this Day........Titus won his battle; he is a rough and tumble two year old. Aly won her battle; she is now an established OB/GYN. Dax won his battle; he has an amazing family whom he loves more than even I have words to express. Yet, we have lost our battle. Today the world is more hateful and violent and irrational than anyone might have imagined two years ago. We are standing on the periphery of self destruction. We are living with the law of self promotion as king. We are blatantly turning our backs on the common laws of humankind and showing an ignorance in our existence that is mind numbing. We are, in a nutshell, eating the apple in the Garden of Eden. And this, my friends, is what is being handed to our children on a tarnished silver platter. I pray for us all. I pray especially for those who can not yet defend themselves. They will suffer the aftermath of our bitterness and self supremacy and violence and terrible spewing of hate. And it is more heartbreaking than I can fathom. And it is our legacy to our children, and grandchildren and those who deserve so much more. And it is, to me, heartbreaking. We are supplying the hand-basket and the paved road.