I Have a Dream

Years ago, people dedicated themselves to putting family first. To whole heartedly declaring until death do us part. To working hard at relationships that were built to last. To commitment.

But this is no longer the case. Years ago, a minority of people started to utilize the option of divorce. Years later this became a common practice. Years that put the importance of being a family on the back burner. No longer could all children claim their parents loved each other. No longer could their parents pretend the children were wrong about that. Marriage, and family, no longer involved commitment.

Sometimes divorce is the only option. But it was never intended to be an easy way out for people. People who are so afflicted by a society that tells them to keep upgrading, they do just that. Decide to trade in the old faithful for a new, shiny model that might last a few years, at most. People need to re-prioritize. I am tired of feeling left behind and torn apart. I am tired of wondering how many sons and daughters are fighting for the attention they deserve from their preoccupied parents. I am tired of wondering if things can get better.

I have a dream, that families will exist again as the majority. That kids will know, once upon a time, there was such a thing as true love. That Mommy and Daddy put them first. I have a dream. A dream that is dictated by family road trips and embarrassing reunions. A dream that is provoked by the bitter lust for those simple pleasures. A dream that is fueled by every child from a broken home who wishes things could be just a little bit simpler.

"We cannot walk alone." We cannot survive without the bonds of brotherhood, or motherhood and fatherhood for that matter. We are nothing when all there is to look back on are fragments of joy. When the pursuit of happiness is not something we are working towards, but something that exists only as a distant thought.

We must let families grow.

Let the idea of living under the same roof sink in, become normal again.

We must let these families mature and develop, so that some ways down the road, the trials and tribulations they overcame can be celebrated.

Years ago, people dedicated themselves to putting family first. I have a dream that once again, people will whole heartedly devote themselves to working hard at relationships. To instilling into their children that they are loved, and always will be. To commitment.