Airport Musings
Traveling to Oregon in the middle of winter did have some challenges. On our departure, our flights were delayed both in L.A. as well as Seattle. I didn't mind so much and I always enjoy people watching. However, Shea was not at all amused! Something happened coming home while we were in the Seattle airport than just made my heart smile. We were sitting just waiting and waiting and I was watching a family- mom & dad & young infant, about 6 months old. It was cute because they did exactly what I wanted to do- they had a blanket spread out on the ground just playing and laying down. (At LAX I sat on the ground, up against a wall and loved it!) I always love to see a daddy just loving on his baby- such a huge turn on to me! The whole time I was watching them, I kept hearing a lady talking to them with a very heavy accent. I couldn't see her but I could hear her laugh and I could hear her talking sweetly to the baby. After awhile, the lady stepped out from behind the wall that had been blocking her from my sight. She must have been from Jamaica- a large, african american woman with the garb from what I would think they might wear there, hat and all. The part of this whole scenario that just made me feel so happy was the lady reached out to the baby, as if to say, "Come give me some lovin" and the baby went right to her just grinning, large as life. The baby kept touching her face almost as if she knew she looked different, but at the same time the baby just loved her. I just thought to myself how wonderful it would be if prejudice never came into play in our lives. How simply awesome if we could just look at people with open hearts and be accepting of one another without the ugly feelings that creep up even in the best of us. I did get a tear in my eye as I told Shea what I saw. I hope we can always keep our hearts pure and keep our love equal to all.
Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not.
Gene Tierney
Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.
Eberhard Arnold
The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.
Clint Eastwood
We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.
Charles Hamilton Houston
Traveling to Oregon in the middle of winter did have some challenges. On our departure, our flights were delayed both in L.A. as well as Seattle. I didn't mind so much and I always enjoy people watching. However, Shea was not at all amused! Something happened coming home while we were in the Seattle airport than just made my heart smile. We were sitting just waiting and waiting and I was watching a family- mom & dad & young infant, about 6 months old. It was cute because they did exactly what I wanted to do- they had a blanket spread out on the ground just playing and laying down. (At LAX I sat on the ground, up against a wall and loved it!) I always love to see a daddy just loving on his baby- such a huge turn on to me! The whole time I was watching them, I kept hearing a lady talking to them with a very heavy accent. I couldn't see her but I could hear her laugh and I could hear her talking sweetly to the baby. After awhile, the lady stepped out from behind the wall that had been blocking her from my sight. She must have been from Jamaica- a large, african american woman with the garb from what I would think they might wear there, hat and all. The part of this whole scenario that just made me feel so happy was the lady reached out to the baby, as if to say, "Come give me some lovin" and the baby went right to her just grinning, large as life. The baby kept touching her face almost as if she knew she looked different, but at the same time the baby just loved her. I just thought to myself how wonderful it would be if prejudice never came into play in our lives. How simply awesome if we could just look at people with open hearts and be accepting of one another without the ugly feelings that creep up even in the best of us. I did get a tear in my eye as I told Shea what I saw. I hope we can always keep our hearts pure and keep our love equal to all.
Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not.
Gene Tierney
Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.
Eberhard Arnold
The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.
Clint Eastwood
We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.
Charles Hamilton Houston
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