When I read the news of the young Irish immigrant girl in Massachusetts committed suicide due to bullying my anger flared like a dragon whose panties were caught in a bunch. If that were my child I would have kicked the asses of every one of those little nine savages that taunted her and then I would have kicked their parent’s asses, the principal’s ass and the asses of any teachers aware of the situation. Granted, I would be in jail afterwards but in my rage I would assume my child would be safe, just extremely embarrassed of me on a national and global platform for the rest of her [...]
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Stressed and overwhelmed I once cried over the phone to a girlfriend of mine something to the effect of, “why am I always struggling and fighting to keep things together, I swear I fell like I’m doomed for failure.” My girlfriend, a shining star in my life, didn’t miss a beat; her response stopped my tears short. She told me something very close to this: “Keisha, you take risks in life. You don’t sit by the wayside waiting for things to happen and because you put yourself out there you are bound to find obstacles of all kinds along the way with big wins and big [...] While lying on the couch a couple of months ago channel surfing in the middle of the night I stumbled upon an episode of The Dog Whisperer. I love dogs so why not catch up the show that helps bad dogs go good. As I watched the show I found myself intrigued by the advice Cesar Millan gave the dog owners – a naughty or out of control dog is really a reflection of its owner. I woke the next morning and realized my relationships with the naughty, out of control men in my life resembled many of the frustrated dog owners on the [...] When to keep a secret and when to divulge? From the Brady Bunch episode that taught us no one liked a tattle tale via Jan’s experience of insistently tattling on her brothers and sisters; to her then taking the advice too far and not divulging important information when someone was in danger. As we get older where do we draw the line and do we get better at [...] |
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