My unexpected life
- Kikers
- Blaine, MN, United States
- City girl at heart who returned to the Twin Cities after a four year stint in the Stinky Onion known to the rest of the world as Chicago. Consistent nomad, frequently moving, changing, evolving. Striving to settle down and plant some roots. Recently became a single mother to Caleb Justus and am figuring out the adventure that is motherhood. Getting used to living in the burbs again close to family and friends.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Slam into the 21st Century Personalized Ornament Makers!
Yes. This will be rant. You have been warned. Every single Christmas the reality of the nation's definition of family hits me when I get a catalog from the company Personalized Creations. You see it too when you go to the mall or state fair and see those kiosks were the proudly display and sell personalized ornaments or figurines or puzzles or whatever you want with you and your loved ones' names hand written on them. Here's the deal personalized creations people, not all families are made up of only white faces. Not all families have faces of all the same hue in them. Not all families are made up of a mom, a dad, and a kid or two who look like them. Not all grandparents have grandkids with peachy faces, blue eyes, and golden locks of hair. Some families are proud of the diversity they have in hair color, skin tone, eye color, gender, etc and want to celebrate and commemorate those traits in a yearly tradition of getting an ornament to hang on the Christmas tree or wherever. My family has a set of grandparents (my parents) who are white and their four children, again who are white. Two of those children are married, two are not. Then they have eight beautiful, adored grandchildren. Two are lovely red headed, pale complected, girls with blue eyes; one tall, handsome copper skinned Native American and African American boy with thick, coarse black hair; one tall, handsome; pale boy with brown eyes and brown/blonde hair and freckles sprinkled across his nose; one tall, skinny, caramel colored boy with brown hair and striking light hazel eyes, one short, dark chocolate boy with dark brown eyes and dark, nappy, curly hair; one light caramel creamy skinned boy with big brown eyes, almost blonde tightly curled hair; and one light nutter butter boy with straight, thick brown hair with random red and blonde highlights and beautiful brown eyes. We would love to be able to find an ornament that celebrates this diversity, but we can't. As a single mom, I can't even find one that honors just me and my son as a family. Yeah, can't do the family ones with the last name, because our last names are different. The ornaments that have just two faces on them are obviously couples. The family designed ones look like something's missing if you don't have at least three of the round faces. How hard would it be to create more current designs that reflect the diversity of modern families. I mean, really? I am happy to design them if you need some ideas....
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