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We All Have a Voice But Not Always Heard . . . We All Have Ears But Not All Listen

           I dragged my family to the high school last night.  I understood the meeting to start at 5:30, but it must have started at 5:00 as we walked into a mass production that had already obviously started.  It seems that the focus was mainly on just one school, though the elementary next to it had been mentioned.  There were parents there for both group.  I saw several youth but not a huge number.  The meeting was at the high school library and it was filled and overflowing.           Three separate events had taken place.  The first was a threat made by a person that was being bullied.  The threat made was toward the bullies and not the entire school.  On October 23 a "prank" phonecall had been made to 911 about a shooting.  Two youth were arrested.  Last week there a note had been left in one of the bathrooms lea...

Treat Others With Respect

     I started my blog on New Year's 2012.   My goal was to create a new post for each day.   My goal was to keep them positive.   For the most part, I think they were.   It appears that I had been faithful about blogging each day for the first few months, and then it tapered off into at least 20 posts, but by summer it was less.   I had a great excuse though.   Jenna was home from school and I needed to spend time with her and not on the computer.         December came and I was once again going to post every day.   All of my posts would center around Christmas.   I didn't want to be so cold as to not acknowledge the shootings on the 14th at Sandy Hooks elementary in Newton Connecticut.   Innocent children . . .         I did not mention any other shootings . . . my blog had somehow turned into thoughts on dementia, assisted living, transport...