Happy MLK Day

And I don't mean milk.

This morning I joined a bunch of strangers (plus Andrea O. and TJ, turns out!) in celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. I met and sat with a wonderful family, the Daniels, and was able to learn about them while hearing some serious business on what we ought to be accomplishing today and everyday in the realm of racial integration by Dr. Emerson from Rice University.

Hawthorne elementary's show choir performed and pretty much picked everyone up, turned them upside down, and sat them on their heads. Mmm, by that I mean, they were outrageously talented with a severe cuteness.

Here's some small pieces of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wisdom pie:

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”