I Have A Dream.

In my maternal Grandma Callie’s home on the wall right above the couch was a wall designated for employee of the month and year plaques, family pictures of loved ones, inspirational quotes and mantras in frames, and a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King from his I Have A Dream Speech. That picture was there from the time my memories formed at the age of 3 and was there still when I graduated High School and even there many years after that. I remember my Grandmother telling me and my siblings and cousins the stories about a time when little brown boys like my Grandmas Sons could not wear shorts and brown hued females and women could not wear pants. Through all the adversity, prejudices, and racism my Grandma experienced and witnessed it never changed her into a cold individual. My Grandma was a brilliant and smart and nurturing human being in a no non-sense kind of way who did not suffer any fool who dared to cross her and a woman I am honored and proud to be like in more than a few ways than 1. Every year in my small community and town growing up there was a parade that sometimes I got to participate in and other times I just watched and still to this day this tradition carries on. I would like to personally thank the King Family who shared their Associate, Confidant, and Friend, Brother, Cousin, Dad and Husband, Grandson and Son with us while Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. advocated and fought for equality for all our Ancestors, Future and Present Generations of Color and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for always put himself on the front line for the cause of my and our communities and making sure his and our voices were not only heard, but also honored, respected and valued. Dr. Martin Luther King did all of this with character, consciousness, dignity, humbleness, humility, integrity, respect for himself and others, and a clear, loud, and powerful voice that reached and resonated with the human beings Dr. King was advocating for and the ones who was advocating against Dr. King and the People Of Color mission and plight for equality and space in a community and world our Ancestors built and grew, molded, and forever shaped. Although Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has a day designated every year since for his tireless effort; I have always found a way to honor my Ancestors and Dr. King each and every day by being authentic, genuine, and kind, nurturing, and positive to my Brotha’s and Sista’s when I encounter them, but also showing up each and everyday for myself and being a mirror and reflection of the Black Excellence I have experience and saw growing up, but also was raised to exhibit and be. I Thank You Dr. Martin Luther King for your contribution and legacy to the my Ancestors, myself and my future bloodline and the world that has never been easy on us. As a human being and person of color it is always my and your job to always be the most authentic, but also the best version of ourselves. If you celebrate, commemorate, and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his special day; what festivities or personal traditions you partake in Fengshuiers?