I Want To Know!!!

Students and teachers pay homage to Second Class Citizen's Video "I Want To Know." Kids, you did an amazing job and you are not alone. Most of all you're right--It's time!

This is important. Watch it!

Just What I Needed!

I have had a rough, rough day. So this video could not have come at a better time.

Hi, :) I'm Jonah

The Detroit PFLAG chapter posted this on their website today. I am so full of emotion after watching this that I really don't know what to say...so, I guess I'll let Jonah do all the talking. I just want Jonah to know that he's not alone, that there are people who love and accept him for he is. Most of all, I want him and others like him to know that there is so much good out there, so please, please, please don't give up.

Spread the Message-Words Do Hurt

One of the things I decided when I started this blog was that I would post what I enjoyed and found interesting. As a result, I've posted a lot of videos here. Which is really no surprise since I'm an admitted YouTube junkie. Some videos are more important than others, however, and today is a prime example of that.


Bullying. To me that's one of the ugliest words in the dictionary because I know how hurtful and soul breaking it can be. How do I know that? Simple, because I was one of many victims of bullying. So I know from personal experience just how words can hurt. So much so that they all but destroy the person they're directed at. I look back at my middle school years with sadness because of the pain I went through. It got so bad during those three years that there were times that I did consider taking drastic measures. It was only through the love and support of my handful of friends that I made it through that time.

Now that I'm an adult I continue to carry some of that pain around. I still live in the same town and my heart lurches every time I drive by the building and it's been over twenty years since that horrible chapter in my life. What's more, now I live in fear of my own children going through the same thing. My oldest, Cody, faces discrimination because he's gay. My youngest, Joie, has a marked learning disability which makes her a target for being picked on. I know I can't shield them from all hurt, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to put them in a protective bubble so that meanness can't touch them.

I realize that isn't an option because they have to be able to grow and experience life. So that leaves me with option two-education. So, I vow to keep writing and speaking of this topic. If I reach even one person and make them see the error in their ways, I'll call it a victory.

Now that I've gotten that off my chest, let me give you a little information on this video. An eighth grader wanted to show how much words could hurt, so she made a video to get her message across. It's very powerful and I'm not ashamed to admit it made me cry a bit.