I was bullied as a kid. I was a shy, geeky girl who would cry at the drop of a hat - a prime target for anyone who wanted to assert dominance over me. My childhood experiences are what influenced my advocacy efforts in adulthood. These days I have little patience for bullies whether they [...]
Tag: bullying
Tomorrow, go purple.
Color matters in the lives of human beings. Color affects our moods. We surround ourselves with colors that make us feel certain ways - calm, happy, energized, peaceful. We identify colors that we think look the best on us - to best accentuate our eyes or our skin color, or to deemphasize body parts (black remains my [...]
Civility and kindness…are they slipping away from us as a society?
I was visiting Sarah and my new grandbaby Lennon on Wednesday when I first caught the story on television about the bullied bus monitor video that had gone viral on the Internet. The entertainment show that I caught it on only showed a snippet of the video, but a snippet was enough. It was, in [...]
It ends today…
I was going to provide you a pictorial update of my San Antonio shenanigans today, but instead I want to take this opportunity to urge you to watch a short YouTube video created by Bruce Kelly on his push for an anti-bullying law in North Dakota. In this video Bruce talks about Cassidy Joy Andel [...]
The Color Purple…
Today I wore purple. I wore purple in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) community. If you have been following the news you know that there have recently been a number of suicides blamed on anti-gay bullying. The Human Rights Campaign organized a national statement of support for LGBT youth with its [...]
Mean people suck!
Years ago I saw a bumper sticker on a car in California that read: Mean people suck! Nice people swallow. I have never forgotten that bumper sticker. Now I realize it is intended to have an additional meaning...a meaning that I will not be visiting in my blog today. I have to tell you, in [...]
February is “Vaporize a Bully” month!
I am not a fan of bullies. I imagine most folks feel the same as I do about bullies. Yet, too often bullies go on to bully another day because no one stands up to them and puts an end to their tirade. I am not sure exactly how bullies are created. I have heard [...]
THE NEW FORTY 