Curt Rosengren posted today about making everyday a special occasion. He offered up this story by Ann Wells of the LA Times. It’s an attitude that, as hard as it is some days, is important to live by. None of us know how long we will be here, or how long our loved ones will be here. We should treat every day we get to spend with them as the most special of occasions.
Pin No matter what our leaders want to include or exclude from the official histories, we know these events happened. We may not be successful in getting large-scale claims of abuse into the history books of the future, though we should try, but we can all continue to talk about them. The mainstream may want us to be quiet about the abuse that happens within the family, the church, etc., but we can tell our stories. We have voices, our own online spaces, connections, and the freedom to speak.
Most of all, we can support the people telling those stories. They are preserving our history and reminding all of us that the survivors are out here, we know what was done, and we will not accept the lies. We can ensure the truth is out there for those who want to learn and do everything we can to ensure that history is shared.Â
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Just a response to Brian Kane’s post: I don’t know that I can add anything more to the din, or that I want to. Still, it’s not right to ignore it and go along blithely as though Wednesday were an ordinary day. I also think it’s a little bit disingenuous and quite a bit overdramatic…
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Lisa from Sadly Normal will be hosting this months edition of the Carnival Against Child Abuse. She’s got some great suggested topics listed for the last edition of the year, as well as an offer to host your writings if you don’t have your own blog. Her topics have got me thinking a bit. Hopefully,…
I’ve been following the story of Barrett Robbins since he was dismissed by the Raiders before the Super Bowl. It appears that he has a history of depression and Bi-poloar Disorder, and somehow had managed to stop taking his medication. The details of the whole thing are murky, (like the details of anyone’s life when…
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Thanks for posting this.
It is a nice thought 🙂 But then you have those days where you’ve worn yourself out handling all those special occasions and that’s when you need to do a nice thing for yourself. Like a home spa treatment or anything that soothes you.
And then of course there’s the days where you just want to drive your truck over some mud mountains to work off stress 🙂