Thank you for posting.

I feel kind of hopeless right now.

I keep bursting into tears.

This hit all of us hard, but no one more I think than African American mothers. The court, the whole system just devalues the lives of young black men. It's not right.

beautiful little black boy who turned three today, sat beside two playful young black brothers who looked like twins and managed to get all wet playing outside the restaurant, and watched a group of animated white twenty-somethings with one black guy in their group, and I just kept tearing up thinking how all of these boys and their families have to think and move in this fucked up country.

Then, on our way back to the car, we were stopped by a homeless black vet who asked for money to eat. We gave him some money and talked with him a while. He told us Reagan was his favorite president, but then said he's a Dem after I went on about Republicans cutting vet services. Who knows what was the truth - he needed money and was trying to figure out what angle to play with us.

What a country!

Everyone, just hug your kids today.