Sandy Hook Elementary School

No words can express the sadness in wake of such a tragedy. 

Thoughts On Discrimination

I posted this last night on Facebook, but I didn't want to lose it in the jokes and other things I frequently share.

 

I was sound asleep with CNN playing in the background. I woke up to a discussion about Conversion Therapy and the link that follows. I am appalled that in this century things like this still are happening. What is wrong with the human race? Are we still so homophobic that we can't accept people for who they are? Maybe we should brand sexual sadists, pimps, and prostitutes on the forehead. After all, they are accepted in society, because you can't tell what their sexual ...

needs are. Brand the girl that is a prostitute just so she can pay for her college education, the madam, or the Judge or Senator, etc...

When I worked as an HIV/AIDS Counselor and Educator, I met some of the best and loyal friends one could ever have. Yes, they were gay. Who cared? All I cared about was that the world was educated about HIV. They loved their partners just as much as I love my husband; maybe even more. One day, we all will be judged for how we lived here on earth. Do you really think a higher power will say, "Oh, you were homophobic, come on in? Or you were gay, you are doomed?" I think not!

One more thought...I think Jews would be the most tolerant just because of what they went through with the Holocaust.

 

Here is the link mentioned above:
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/11/27/1242411/splc-files-first-ever-consumer-fraud-suit-against-an-ex-gay-group/

Tyler Neral - 3 years gone, but not forgotten.

I wish I was a genie in a bottle and could grant my family three wishes...One would be that Kaely didn't have hydrocephalus...she is such a lovely child...The second would be that Andy didn't have spina bifida and hydrocephalus...he is so smart and loving...and the third is that Tyler wouldn't have died by suicide...his death three years ago today has affected all of our immediate family, plus his friends, who are now adopted family and very important to all of us. Tyler was full of life and love. He cared so much about the state of the universe and wanted to protect us all from hurt. As he did in life, he does so in death - protects us all, walks beside us...I feel him here as I write this. I can't explain it. The crows in the sky appear when I am really sad. I am sure I will see them today...I love you still and forever, Tyler, as will all the people whose lives you have touched, even some you didn't know. Again, I wish I was that genie in a bottle and not just Jeanne, your grandmother.

 

I left my other grandchildren out seemingly, but they know, I hope, just how much I love and adore them.  I miss the ones far away, but that doesn't mean they are loved any less.

 

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