Days, months, weeks, and sometimes even years - they all go by us. If we're lucky, we tame them long enough to feel like we were not just standing there as they went by; sometimes we actually feel present in them. But not enough. Too many amazing and wonderful things go by without so much as a nod or moment of appreciation. Because life happens. Because we get busy. Because we just keep going. This blog is a way to stop all of that spinning and pause some of those quiet, simple little moments that make us smile. Being grateful is not something that we just are - being grateful is something we should actively do. This is two friends living many, many miles apart, sharing their tiny little moments of gratitude in pictures with each other and with the world.

Monday, January 20, 2014

grateful #12 - sharing my streets with MLK Jr.

This is Atlanta.  This is Atlanta on MLK Jr's birthday.  And this is my version of what a black and white photo of a skyline in Atlanta looks like on MLK's birthday. 

 Though I am a northerner at heart, I have lived in the south for 13 years; I won't try grits, but I definitely use y'all. There are over 900 streets nation-wide named after MLK Jr.  Of those 900, the ones in Atlanta are not only honoring his legacy, they are shouting with pride that they were his streets, the same streets encircling his childhood home, the same streets near his church where he preached.   

Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter." I know there were countless service projects and various memorials, parades and services honoring MLK today - and that was not silent.  That was loud.  And that was very much alive and very much matters.  Whatever it is that matters to you - shout, paint, scream, sing - be loud about it. 
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