Now you see it. Now you don't.

Keeping our few, quality toys organized and accessible...it's how we roll!

See the good. Be the good.

A fellow mother once said to me (concerning our minimalist media approach) "You can't keep them from reality forever you know!" To that I respectfully respond that media, by and large, isn't reality. Media isn't the whole story. Media is backed by financial gains. Media, even news, is sensationalized and often hyper sexualized.

"Reality" is that most people are good. Reality is that most people don't look like people in the media. Reality is that true joy does not come from stuff, or self indulgence, or social status. Reality is that most people want to be loved, feel needed and be contributors.

We are responsible to help our children develop the lens through which they see this world. We are helping shape their reality, their experience in the world....

but when my teenager came down late last night in tears because she was shaken about what happened in Vegas, I felt unequipped to respond. We slowly dove back into the "This world is filled with so much good, find the good, be the good" talk, but what we said didn't feel right enough or wise enough or good enough. Because what happened was indeed, reality.

As I sit on this plane headed to Vegas I'm feeling grief for the thousands of people who will be affected by this tragedy for the rest of their lives. I'm feeling protective of the the four innocent children that we brought into this world. I'm feeling aware that I am responsible for how I see the world. I am striving to see the good, be the good and remember the good...and sometimes that can be hard, even for a mama bear.