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| Kindness in chalk London, ON September 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
For block after block, colourful and encouraging messages now leap up from the concrete, waiting for the moment to wow countless kids who probably need all the encouragement they can get.
It’s a delightful change from the racist insanity that scarred the streetscape over the summer, and a timely reminder that light always banishes darkness.
I hope we all take a moment to think about kids and neighbourhoods and schools, because if these spaces aren’t safe for them, then they’re not safe for any of us.
And if it takes a community to look out for them and nurture them along their journey, I’d like to think most of us would step forward and play our part.
Eyes wide open, please. Today and every day.
Our future depends on it.
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