Over dinner I asked Gage and Quinn if they knew why they were out of school tomorrow and yes, they both said it was Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. We talked about why he was such a remarkable man that brought about change. We talked about segregation in school and how it is everyone’s right to vote, not just people with a certain skin color. We talked about how he died when I was too little to remember.

Five minutes later Gage said:

“You know what Mommy? I learned that Martin Luther King didn’t use weapons to fight; he used words.”

Well said.