By Beleaf in Fatherhood
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As many of our followers know, we have experienced a huge amount of growth in this past year. What began as a father sharing his kids and experience has turned into a network of employees, a team who discusses daily the aim and focus of our organization. One thing has been made abundantly clear during this expansion; we could not do any of it without the people who have been supporting us from day one. We just launched The Love Collection and were amazed by the response. We see your comments and messages and remain so unbelievably grateful that we get to do this WITH all of you, and we understand that a large part of that privilege comes from our willingness to remain authentic with our supporters.
Here we are, at the end of a successful launch, healthy and safe in our homes and none of it feels as sweet as we thought it would because half of California is on fire, or because there are hurricanes hurdling toward Florida, or because Trayford Pellerin is dead and Jacob Blake is paralyzed, or because we are still in the middle of a pandemic.
To be authentic with all of you means to be forthcoming about the fact that we are overwhelmed. We are overwhelmed as business owners, as parents, as sons and daughters and as Black men and women. We are tired. We are shaken and disappointed and hurt. Even still, we are grateful for this place that all of you have made for us that continues to be, for the most part, an outpouring of love, hope, and powerful connection.
So to sum it up, we are trying. Trying to feel better, to do better, to love our neighbors better and that includes each of you. If we can provide even a small amount of the refuge that so many of you have provided for us, we hope that it will help to take a bit of your pain away, help you make sense of your place in this crazy world of ours and to feel like you belong somewhere.
Thank you for loving us the way that you do.
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