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C is for compassion
I watched a video the other day. Yea, it may not seem so important to you. But it is very important. Joel Burns took a few minutes of his day to address the epidemic of teenage bullying, specifically to the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual teenagers. The few minutes of his day that he took to address the issues that he had grown up with, the bullying that he endured, things that happened he didn't even tell his parents about. He showed compassion to the young teenagers, telling them that it does get better, telling them that things will change and that there are people out there like them. His video has been watched over 1 million times by teenagers, their parents and others across the world. Hopefully you can take a moment to watch it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax96cghOnY4" We need to teach our children compassion. This is something that cannot be taught on a computer, from a book or from a teacher. This is something that the parenta need to take a few minut...
B is for Bug
What is it with the bugs around here lately? I just found out that these bugs were stink bugs and that if you smooch them, they relish an odor that brings more bugs to your doors. I had to read about this because I do not squish bugs. I would like to think that I pick them up gingerly so that I cannot feel them moving around in the tissue and deposit them in the toilet where they are forever banished to the porcelain god. I do not squish them because I do not want to hear the crunch that is associated with the squish and I, under no uncertain terms, want anything oozing or popping onto my skin. I just threw up a little bit in my mouth. I have a dog and a cat, the dog used to chase crickets that were in the basement and pull off each one of their legs, cast them all over the carpets and then we would never see the body. It makes you wonder if the legs have a really bad taste to them, since the only thing my dog will not eat is lettuce and pretzels. She used to eat pretzels, but now ...