Following Greta's Lead

The girls and I, along with Laraine who is a member of our wonderful faith community, participated in the Climate Strike organized by the group at Wellesley College today. There was an amazing turn out with people of all ages attending and marching and chanting and bringing awareness to the climate crisis that our planet is currently facing. We are so happy to have gone and spoken up on behalf of Mother Earth! Thank you, Greta Thunberg, for being such an inspiration to all of us (but especially to my girls)! We are with you every step of the way! xo

P.S. If you haven't watched this video yet, please do. And even if you have, please watch it again. I encourage you to share widely! xo 

Boots On The Ground

Our mini-social justice warriors took to the streets yesterday to make sure their message of family reunification and kindness was heard! I cannot tell you how incredibly proud I am of them. From the moment I shared with them what was going on at the US-Mexico boarder, and that children were being separated from their parents, they were determined that they were going to march/participate in any rally that was being planned. And so, on June 30th, along with thousands of people in Massachusetts and across the country, they did just that! I love that this was their idea. I love that I did not have to say "do you girls want to go" but instead they said "can we go, mama?" And if I'm being completely honest I love that they just assumed there would be a gathering like this.

I am so proud of the girls for using their voices to speak for those whose voices are being silenced. I love that their first reaction after the disbelief has worn off and the tears have stopped is "what can we do to make the world a better place?" I love that they have written letters, and made posters and marched, and that this is becoming second nature for then.Though if I'm being honest, there is part of me that wishes it wasn't becoming second nature for them. I wish our country was moving forward instead of backward, but since that's not the case I am proud and completely in awe watching them put into practice all they have grown up hearing us say.

There is no doubt in my mind that these amazing girls of ours are going to grow up to be equally amazing women. And there is no doubt in my mind that they will continue to speak truth to power for as long as necessary (and if that includes the day when they become mamas then I also have no doubt in my mind that those tiny humans will follow beautifully in their mamas footsteps)! xo 

An Important Message From Emma

And one more time, just to be clear. 

Thank you. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. xo

With Thanks

We used this rainy day to decorate some Statues of Liberty from MomsRising! Our mini-activists loved this project, and we hope that Senator Warren, Senator Markey and Representative Tsongas love them too! xo

Saturday In Boston

Today, we went into Boston to attend the March for Science. We had a few other errands to do in the city, so we went in a bit early so that we could get it all done before heading over to the Common for the rally. We  ran our first errand (a stop at LK Bennett) and then swung by Pinkberry for a pre-March smoothie! 

 A few months ago, Dave and the girls happened upon this store in Beacon Hill. They have all sorts of interesting items that old houses (and not-so-old houses) may require. They also learned that skeleton keys can even be made here (!) which was absolutely wonderful news to hear. You see, we have been missing one of our skeleton keys for a good few years now. After much searching (and all the renovations) we still have yet to find it. We had given up hope, but weren't willing to part with the door, so we kept looking for a way to find a key that fit. And lo and behold, the answer to our problem lies in a wonderful little shop in Beacon Hill! 

 So, Dave brought the lock with us, and the gentleman at the store was able to tell us all sorts of interesting things. \He looked at our door lock and noticed that it said "Corbin" and proceeded to tell us that this lock was made sometime in the late 19th, early 20th century in Connecticut. This date range makes sense as our house was built in 1890. It was so neat to learn that this beautiful front door of ours is, in fact, original to the house! 

 On the front door of the store was this beautiful twist bell. It reminded me of the doorbell at my Great Aunt Betty's gorgeous Victorian home in Elizabeth New Jersey. I loved that house and I loved that bell and so it's only fitting that we now live in a Victorian of our own. Dave and I were chatting about adding this bell to our front door (even though people rarely come in that way). I just think it would be a lovely addition to our sweet, old Victorian farmhouse! 

 After we left the store we wandered down Charles Street until we reached the Common. And though it was chilly, grey, rainy day there was still a very large amount of people gathered there on Boston Common. It was very reminiscent of being there in January for the Women's March. There were definitely many pink pussy hats that strolled by, and of course, many, many, many very cleaver signs! 

 Our mini-activists! 

 Making our way to the Kids Rally! 

 Making kites. 

 We just had to take this picture for Grandma Joan and Grandpa Ron! 

 Pin courtesy of Pincause! 

With how wet and raw out it was we decided that it was essential that we warm up with some hot chocolate over at the Nespresso store on Newbury Street. This was the perfect way to warm up before making our way back to the T and ultimately home! xo