My husband hates, with a capital H, that saying!! Every time I say it, its usually for dramatic pause…and he always rolls his eyes. I laugh a little every time I say it because of him. Why does he hate it? because he says if you start a sentence with “I gotta be honest” people will think you haven’t been being honest prior to that statement..( Insert Eye Roll and giggle).
But seriously…I gotta be honest..Its hard for me to write about design related stuff when something as BIG and as UGLY as people losing their lives in Boston happens. Yet, I EXPECT and HOPE that other design bloggers continue on, (and THANK YOU for those of you who did) because I need something to read damn it, while I am considering never leaving my house again with my child!! I just told Grant the other day, that I would be considered one of THOSE people who let the bad guy “win” by not going to big events anymore. That was my gut reaction the day it happened. I feel differently now, but as a mom..I just want to protect my, one day, 8 year old watching his daddy running. 🙁 But as a mom, I also want my baby to see this world!! We can NOT have it both ways, sadly. So each day, we say a prayer of protection, and go back to trusting god/universe/spirit and the path that is meant for us, and we see the world. We experience the beautiful trees blooming and the warm weather creeping in, and waiting in long lines at the ice cream shop. We enjoy live music at a local winery packed with people, and we do ALL of this, with just a little more gratitude, because some aren’t able to anymore. We go out and enjoy THIS EARTH. Although we feel scared, and sad, and grateful, and sick, and confused and scared, and thankful…its all part of the “Experience” right? SO, we go back to writing about beautiful things, because that’s what we love, and we send love to every single ( I mean it, EVERY person) involved and effected by Boston.
Well said, Kim. xoxo
Thank you merry 🙂