Thursday, March 25, 2010
Liam is an English speaker now - just amazes me, this little guy who was just a cuddle of an armful a year ago, the barest beginning of a person, understnads so much of what we say now, and talks back to us. The sweetest new feat of receptive language is his entusiastic response to "Liam, can you dance?" He does a darling jig - also spins and claps and gives five when asked. He, and all my other grand children, make me even more concerned about the state of our country in terms of polarization and ugly comments and death threats, thrown bricks, cut phone lines, in response to health care legislation. I personally have great hopes for health care improvement, but that isn't the issue that disturbs me. People can have doubts, disagree, argue, protest - but the violence, the hateful feeling, freaks me out. This isn't the climate I want for my dancing boy and his laughing cousin.
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I too wish for Liam a world of peace, one of adventure, one where he can dance safely to his heart's content!
Victoria, you and your family are giving Liam and all the grand ones at least an island of peace, where respect, love, good will (and music and dance) are as natural as breathing. This, I truly believe, is the best way to change things, not as fast as we might like, but person by person. I love the school policies these days that have zero tolerance for bullying, bad language, violence of any kind. These kids, if they don't watch their elders too closely, might lead us, just as in the past kids were often the compelling force in getting adults to use seat belts (because they had to be belted in) and to stop smoking because of the lessons they learned in school. We also can't stop being appalled by violence and hurtful language and behavior.... never, never, never let us accept these things.
I am concerned too about the climate in this country right now - people shouting at one another, using profanities, throwing bricks. And then there is the 15-year-old girl in FL who is in a coma due to the attack of a similar age boy who did not like the text message she had sent. And the boy from the SAME school who was set on fire by his peers and saved himself by jumping into a swimming pool. He is recuperating from horrendous burns. Where is the respect for fellow human beings? What is causing this disrespect, this violent behavior? I hope that this world will be a safe one for all of our grandchildren.
Thanks for the comments, Joe, Ann, and Mary, for the blessings for the next generation. I hadn't heard about the horrors in the Florida high school. The extent of cruelty is frightening.
You're welcome, Victoria. There defiitely is a lot of cruelty out there...which akes it most wonderful to treasure the beautiful and caring monents we can and do share in our variou ways.
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