The first thing I noticed about Erin was the perfectly manicured fingernails, long locks of golden brown hair, and the perfected ability to apply smokey eye shadow. Erin was the most genuine and real person I had come across in a long time. Erin is a male.
In the hour that he served our family for my dad's dinner at Olive Garden, he had the ability to stir thought and conversation that was deep inside, in need of the right catalyst to come a long and precipiate, by just being himself.
Across the restaraunt, I watched a group of abnoxious teenagers turning their heads, talking with covered mouths, whispering judgements as if they had it all figured out. But they were so very obvious. I was sure Erin knew what was going on around him. It made me so sad.
In that moment, I wanted to protect Erin, and I hoped he is loved. That at the end of the day, after all the shit he deals with from other people, that he has someone that loves him for who he is and who thinks he is the most beautiful person that they could ever imagine knowing.
Erin motivated me to be more of myself, to be a unique individual. Because that is how I believe the Creator designed us to be- a one of a kind, expressing even a small part of the infinite beautiful visages that is Himself.
Erin inspired me to be a better mother- to do everything in my power to have Storey grow up seeing Erin as any other person, as no different from another.
Erin stirred me to again ask the question: does it really matter? This week I feel the Spirit has planted this seed of questioning. The questioning began in its simplest form:
does it really matter that clothes are piled on the dresser for a week?
does it really matter that i can't enjoy orange juice with my breakfast this week?
does it really matter that i wore the same shirt two days in a row?
People debate whether 'sexual orientation' is a choice, if it is right or wrong. But does it really matter even if someone chooses? Should it have a factor in how we treat someone or whether they deserve Love and respect?
Erin moved me to LOVE.
