Loving Day
We remember the sacrifice and hardship endured so we can be fully present in a life and love that we don't take for granted.
I didn’t know about Loving vs. Virginia before I got married on June 8, 2012.
But only a few years later, we watched both a documentary and feature film about a couple who fell in love and got married.
Why would that be different than anyone else?
Well it was 1967 in Virginia.
The couple was Richard and Mildred Loving.
Richard was white. Mildred was black.
You can learn the whole story here.
The person who loves me for me and challenges me everyday to be the best version of myself, should not be judged for the color of his skin. And I should not be judged for loving him. The same goes for every interracial couple/family that exists today.
We are both part of American-born minorities (women in 1919; minorities in 1965) that didn’t get the right to vote at the same time as white men. So, each voting experience is also special.
15 years in to knowing him and 13 years of marriage and I could not be more proud to be part of this team in this life. Racial injustice still exists today, but we fight together and we fight for all who deserve to be treated like human beings, made in the image of God. #lovingday
Emily you have said so well what a lot of us need to say! Me included. The color of our skin does not matter. Growing up, my parents taught me that and it has always hard for me to understand why this is so hard to accept. We are all children of the same God.