Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I'm thinking about George Floyd today, and his calling for his mother. Today my family is bouncing around ideas for our daughter's memorial service in the fall. Her daughter is participating actively, and I'm so proud of her. We all NEED this ritual, and we want to be inclusive. Our daughter had many friends and coworkers who miss her terribly. We want the service outside, an honoring of her amazing life. She has changed us forever, and anyone who felt the death of George Floyd is also changed. But us moms, we FEEL for George Floyd. He's our son, he's the baby and boy we made such effort to raise well, the man we are proud of, with that little boy still inside him as he died. He loved his mom. He wanted her to save him. She couldn't, but we can keep trying to save others whose voices have been silenced and unheard. We must march for justice, compassion and interconnectedness. Raise our voices, mothers, and treat every other person as your own child.