So, I just bought a GoPro. He wanted to go to the Rally in response to the Cover-up yesterday. Yes, I was going but I did not plan to take him. But, as we are finding Truth does matter. Being commended for caring mattered to him, matters. Just caring matters. In the same way he hopes you care.
(As I say below, he keeps asking if people watched so if you can please do, I assume it updates and he’s taking as much pride in the video we made as he did at the event itself)
I’ve never made a “VLOG” before. But. . .
I want to invite you to something special to what I know was something transcendent. Something new to me as my son connected with and displayed charisma and zeal over things that are right. That are obvious. Simple to define even in a binary way. He was not energized because he was in the center (he wasn’t, many people kindly acknowledged him), but because he was being acknowledged in a group with others for what he felt was spreading love and kindness (see our conversation in the car). He didn’t want to leave even after my battery died, it started snowing and most others had.
If you cannot see his sign says
“In Preschool I learned CHEATING and LYING are wrong. Did Republicans Skip Pre-school”. We worked on the Sign together. His input, my childish hand-writing.
My Sign said “Truth Matters. Right matters. History remembers.” You may not be surprised people wanted to take his picture. A lot.
As I am new to “Vlogging” I only captured some and my camera died. If People like or just watch this video hopefully my next video is better. Assuming he wants to go (this was his choice).
What bothers him most is that Trump puts Children in cages. He separates their families. I mentioned it (I may have accidentally deleted) and when re-watching when I say that he stops eating his fries and it’s like a lightning bolt hit him and he stops to respond to me. Trump lies and cheats. He says in the video if someone did that on the playground “he’d run away from them”.
I think that he made the other demonstrators happy with his huge smile and literal refusal to leave. He was directing me where to stand, he was literally energized by being there (I had explained a lot about the moment in history and his future). It was snowing and we were amongst the last people to leave (his insistence).
If I did not mention My Son JUST TURNED 5.
People appreciated him so much he got many invitations and encouragement to the Women’s march on March 8. If people like this and watch this journey of his I will try to VLOG that (better).
I was so proud of him. He kept his sign. Asked so many questions.
Please take a moment to watch. Or send. He keeps asking me how many people have seen. He says he loves all of you and wants you to know. He can read numbers so I hope it gets above 10. That’d make his day. And I’d probably continue to VLOG his journey through understanding these important human issues and post video of things like the Women’s march with him.
I could not have been more proud and happy to how things worked out. I just made a Youtube channel to get it on. I hope I am doing this right. What do they say? Subscribe and Like?
Other notes not shown: We talked with people who lived under autocratic rule. People thanked him in ways that told him he was acting as a good citizen. They told him they were there for people like him, their Children and Grandchildren. They couldn’t believe he refused to leave. He seriously would NOT leave. He also said (i wish I had on video) he “wanted to do this” (stand in snow with signs near street with cars beeping support) “EVERYDAY”? It was seriously seriously windy.