Cell Phone Imagery

We went to the grocery store today to do some shopping, and while I was picking up eggs and milk, Madison was snapping pictures with her cellphone.

She just had a whim to snap some pictures as she was helping out in the store, this based on the moment she looked down and saw some flowers there for sale.

She took several shots of the flowers there, and I believe this one below is her favorite:

These were nice shots that are a fun reminder you can take a great photograph anywhere you are.  We were out shopping after a bit of work at home.  Daddy was writing today, working on skits, and we were running out to town to just get out of the house and do something today.  We stopped by Chick-Fil-A on the way home and had a nice meal together at home.

It was a bright spot in a rather gloomy day.  We had periods of rain, which of course, made the actual countenance of the skies somewhat melancholy.  But the spirits of our nation are troubled with another image from cellphone.  Unfortunately, these were not images of beautiful flowers, but instead the murder of a man by a police officer.  The video recorded bring to mind the images of the 60's, of the great Civil Rights Movement.  We took Madison down to the Atlanta History Center on Martin Luther King Day, and she experienced a virtual tour with the Freedom Riders, under attack and persecuted for no other reason than the color of their skin.  And here we are again.  There are no words, really.  The fear and rage are understandable.  The one thing that we try to do is educate Madison as much as possible about our nation's troubled history.  We have a great nation, the best there ever was.  But no nation is perfect, and we certainly have a long way to go with the issue of racism.  In the meantime, we educate the best we can, we listen the best we can, and we show love the best we can.