Journal

It can be difficult to be true to yourself if you have no idea who you are.

So often we identify with who we’ve been in the past, holding onto bad memories and assuming they have to define us. Or we think about who we should be – things we want to have, how to we want to be perceived, and how we want to be remembered.

Brave are the ones who seek their own truth and live out their lives authentically. Truly, it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

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“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In recent days, we’ve heard the heartbreaking stories of the forced separation of hundreds of immigrant families seeking asylum at the U.S. border.

Like so many others, what I find morally problematic about these stories is the trauma that forced separation causes families, and in particular to children. As a father, I simply can’t fathom the idea of fleeing from crisis in hopes of creating a better life for my family, only to have my children ripped from my arms. Please do not get me started about holding children in cages.

As a Christian, I also see Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s invocation of Romans 13 as terribly misguided. This verse has been used been used to justify all manner of immoral behaviour: Imperialism, Slavery, Nazism and Apartheid.

What seems to have been missed by Sessions is the true moral of Romans 13 – caring for the most vulnerable falls to the family first and then to the state. Immigrant families fleeing destitution are attempting to find the means to provide for themselves. The spirit of charity and hospitality, recognizing that we are all “strangers and sojourners” alike, demands caring for the most vulnerable members of our ONE human family. 

Today, Design With Heart stands shoulder-to-shoulder with countless demonstrators across the country to protest the “zero tolerance” imigration policy. Yes, we DO care, and YOU should, too.

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“When a father empowers his daughter it connects them forever, creating two greater beings.” – Joe Paeonesa, Advisor to G(irls)20

When I became a father for the first time, I was somewhat relieved that our first child was a boy. It was what I was used to and comfortable with. I knew my knowledge of what it takes to become a man would serve me well. (Please stop snickering.)

When we adopted our daughter, I was a bit more apprehensive because caring for a girl was an unknown for me. I can laugh now at the “old me” who thought it would be different. Caring for a baby – whether it be a boy or girl – is pretty much the same. I still loved them the same way even if their diaper changes were handled a bit differently. I sang Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Edelweiss” to them at night. I fed them similarly. I carried them in my arms the same way. And I still hug and kiss them goodnight the same.

But raising a daughter in today’s world is simply an awesome responsibility. It is my greatest hope that by speaking truth and love to her, by taking the time to affirm my unconditional love for her, and simply showing belief in her, our daughter will be armed with the empowerment she needs for her future.

As a father, my hope is to empower our daughter. I want to give her the tools that she needs to succeed. I want to encourage her to be strong and smart. I want to teach her to be curious and inquisitive. I hope I know when to step back so she can become an independent women – a woman who makes her own decisions and also learns from them. I want to respect her dreams so she grows to be a woman with vision. Most of all, I hope that if and when when she falls – she knows in her heart that I believe in her as she gets back up again.

Dream big, my daugher. EVERYTHING about you is beautiful!

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