heartbroken

The last week has been hard. Beyond hard.

We have witnessed extreme police brutality. We have watched our city burn. We have feared for our safety. We have had really hard conversations with a five year old about abuse of power, racism and the cycles of poverty that racism fuels.

We have had a few bright spots — the largest seeing our community show up with so much food, so many diapers, so much help. We have seen volunteers clean the streets in quick order. And we have seen community defend each other and watch out for each other in ways that the police cannot.

But it’s still hard, and it’s still exhausting. Imagine living like this daily. Imagine the exhaustion of our black communities.

Now go do one thing every day to make it better.