Tyler Ver Vynck, a father in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, absolutely adores his two-year-old daughter, Journey.
However, when onlookers spotted the toddler walking with her father through a store, they were left in complete disbelief when they realized what she held in her hands – and that’s when they decided to say something to the dad about it.
As most toddlers do, his daughter insists that she has control of certain situations, such as what toy she carries with her in public.
However, what Journey had chosen to carry was something the rest of the world apparently wasn’t used to seeing, and the family has since gotten a lot of attention because of it.
Because of society’s recent racist uproar, people are a bit on edge. However, as an innocent two-year-old, Journey doesn’t care about the color of someone’s skin and has only proven that by proudly displaying her favorite doll – who happens to be black.
“If you have seen my Daughter out, more than likely you have seen her with this doll,” Tyler explained on his Facebook post. “6 months later this is still her ‘go to’ doll when we leave the house 9/10 times. No past history or current events swayed her from choosing her at Walmart. She chose her because she was ‘pretty’ (which is also her name.)”
However, after recent events that have left our nation divided, the father and daughter are gaining a bit more attention than they ever had before. In fact, random people have been left in utter disbelief over the girl’s doll and have even approached them because of it.
“From random people, Black and White coming up to her and saying anything from ‘that is such a great sight to see’ to ‘I wish this world showed unity and love like she does to that doll’ etc.,” Tyler said, describing the interactions the doll has caused, according to Love What Matters. “Ultimately she is holding nothing more than just a doll, who so happens to be Black. But wouldn’t it be awesome if we all looked at each other ‘more’ as Ultimately…Human.”
God created us all to love one another as the people he made us to be – not to discriminate against each other because of our differences. We need to begin looking at life more like a two-year-old and learn to be proud of who we are – no matter what our skin color is or how others may think that color defines us.
