I've spent the past 7 years showing my daughter how to love everyone and anyone. That being different is okay, and it's okay to for girls to love girls, or boys to love boys. Hell we've even discussed the whole, boys who feel like they are supposed to be girls and girls who feel like boys. We've spent time teaching her that there are so many wonderful people in the world that if she spent her time and energy hating someone because of their skin color, or the person they love, or if they feel different inside then she would miss out on some of the best people. I want her to know that just because someone is different doesn't make them bad. We tell her she should take the time to get to know someone for what kind of heart they have, and nothing else. 

This whole situation in Orlando has me so upset. I know the world isn't perfect, and I know there is still tons of hate that rages in some people, and those people will act on those feelings. What I don't understand is how someone can purposely target a group of people and cause so much violence.  Isn't this world supposed to be getting better all the time? Aren't we supposed to teach the next generation a little more love, a little more understanding and a whole lot of caring? How does so much hate go from one generation to the next without losing some of the power of that hate? 

I want for nothing more than my daughter to grow up in a world where people don't have to be afraid because of who they love, or if they were born in the wrong body. What is so hard for people to live and let live? People just want the same rights and freedoms others have, and I don't see how that's a bad thing.  How is loving someone, anyone, a bad thing? If you ask me, the world needs more love. 

I know I'll probably never see it in my lifetime, I'm not sure it will ever happen. But I hope that the world can keep teaching the next generation to love a little more, understand a little more, and to be more accepting of everyone, every where.

With every story and article out of Orlando my heart breaks a little more. I find it so scary that this is the kind of world we live in, that there is so much hate and anger. I feel like this tragedy is taking things in the wrong direction but maybe, just maybe this will help things go in the right direction, and more freedoms and rights will be granted. 

To my friends who are part of the LGBT society, know that I love each of you for you, and that I am raising my daughter to love each and every person, no matter who they love.