tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post1129727607212657017..comments2024-03-27T22:21:57.519-04:00Comments on :::More whiffs, glimmers & left oeuvres:::: A heart of darknessDeb Lacativahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-2779026280754954852022-06-01T03:00:37.876-04:002022-06-01T03:00:37.876-04:00The cat !! The cat !!The cat !! The cat !!DHYANAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14656558005998420732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-87393852932056788322022-05-26T23:00:13.873-04:002022-05-26T23:00:13.873-04:00Deb~ It was too much for me too. Sending love.Deb~ It was too much for me too. Sending love.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185798765137874091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-73282829744234290302022-05-26T18:40:29.066-04:002022-05-26T18:40:29.066-04:00Today I learned that the husband of one of the tea...Today I learned that the husband of one of the teachers who was murdered protecting the children had a fatal heart attack. They left behind four children of their own. Why was this too much for me? <br /><br />I could not stop crying.Deb Lacativahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-88707151538984106852022-05-26T14:08:06.661-04:002022-05-26T14:08:06.661-04:00Liz- I was thankful that my time in schools- mostl...Liz- I was thankful that my time in schools- mostly high schools- came before all this.<br />Came before people starting arming themselves with Guns Of War. I cried a lot yesterday.<br />Perhaps the children died quickly but the child next to them had to watch.Joanne Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623855664379207620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-78900646324159954922022-05-26T10:47:41.890-04:002022-05-26T10:47:41.890-04:00That gardenia! Sending love and solidarity. That gardenia! Sending love and solidarity. Lainiehttp://elainelipson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-17172130059137035612022-05-26T10:20:46.137-04:002022-05-26T10:20:46.137-04:00I had hoped Beto would make a full-throated stand ...I had hoped Beto would make a full-throated stand for banning assault weapons, was so glad he did what he did ... and thankful I get to vote for him in November <br /><br />I have been in the classrooms, planning the protection of the children "in case the worst happens" ... guided kids into windowless spaces during intruder drills, hushing them ... sat at the desk in a high school library facing the doors, feeling like there was a target painted on my chest from 1999-2001 ... considered how to hide students and staff from an active shooter in a vast university library ... <br /><br />there was an Indigo Girls lyric that guided me into teaching, as I compared myself to my teacher spouse: <br /><br />"there must be a thousand things you would die for, I can hardly think of two"<br /><br />to be a teacher is to be willing to die to save a child ... or better yet, to help save them from ever becoming a shooter themselvesLiz Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397660873950991774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-73120910403907337472022-05-25T22:25:56.421-04:002022-05-25T22:25:56.421-04:00Ditto to every stitch of this! I'd so grab a m...Ditto to every stitch of this! I'd so grab a machete with ya!💔 Beto was fricking awesome! CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074480446451710279noreply@blogger.com