My heart aches today.
I hope I can teach Aspen about the importance of kindness. I hope she never tries to gain by putting someone else down. I hope she is a nicer person than I am. I hope she brightens others lives with her smile and her personality. I hope others around her learn about kindness too and that bullying in schools diminishes.
I hope she is safe in this scary world.
My heart hurt when I heard this too. So glad that it didn't result in any more harm than it did. It's scary sending our kids into the world, never knowing if today will be the day something bad happens. But we have to do it nonetheless, because like you said, we must brighten the lives of others. You are a good mama, and I know Aspen will learn how to be kind from you.
ReplyDeleteAs an aside, when things like this happen, I often feel worse for the family of the perpetrator, than I do the victims. And not that I don't feel bad for the victim. But imagine the blame and the guilt that the family feels, and then add the sorrow, grief, and then top it off with the oppressive finger-pointing, and the lack of sympathy. I can't even imagine. I once read an interview of one of the Columbine mothers. She talked about this, how awful it was to grieve over what your child did, and at the same time needing to grieve for the loss of her child, but not feeling like it was ok to do so. It made me feel bad for at one time thinking that the parents somehow had failed their kids. For better or worse, we all have our free agency, and we can choose to be kind, or choose not to.
josh@mail.postmanllc.net
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