I came across this music video a couple weeks ago on my lunch break. Something about it just touched me. The gal in the video singing, Kimberly Henderson, became a Facebook sensation when she recorded herself singing this song to her little baby one night.
When I first heard her voice I thought, wow, girl can sing. Go her. Cosco Kids flew her to LA and helped her record some of her songs. I read an article about her and thought that she was even more amazing. A single mom of four kids. Doing it on her own. Working her butt off to make ends meet and give a life to her kids. She put herself and her passion of singing on the back burner because she had an important role to play.
My heart breaks for Kimberly. She is highly judged. I realized that I might have judged her too. She is a single mom of four....no father figure. However, as I replayed the video I realized that she is incredibly strong and brave. She's doing this on her own; I can't even imagine what that's like and what that takes. Who are we to judge her? Who are we to judge anyone? Unfortunately, we judge....we all judge...
I think we as a society have become so quick to judge that we don't think about people's feelings, situations or their background. It's kind of dehumanizing and desensitizing. We are human. We have feelings. We cannot know the truth about someone if we continue to judge and assumptions.We need to take the time to know them. Ask questions. More importantly, we need to listen.
We can learn a lot from one another if we allow ourselves to.....
check out Kimberly's Tiny Hearts video here:
https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/this-single-mom-of-4-whose-lullaby-went-viral-is-112050581607.html
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