"I could feel hot, salty tears coming down my face. I sat and cried silently... I was scrunching myself up against the wall as far as I could. All of a sudden, someone from behind us taps on the guy’s shoulder..."
"HOW did I not see him? The desperation to go back in time suffocates my every moment. Levi was gone for such a short amount of time that we didn't even know he was missing. I had split a brownie with him, and part of it was still in my mouth when I jumped..."
He would eagerly run over to take my hand when it was time to move on to a new part of the aquarium, and he soon began wrapping my arm around his neck and forcing me to pull him closer... Soon he also told me, "I love you." "I love you, too, Jason." I said.
With teen suicide on the rise, this Corona Del Mar principal letter broadcasts a serious message to parents about how WE are hurting our own children -- and how to stop it.
And with an eye-roll, my daughter turned away... She can roll her eyes in a complete circle like a hamster wheel. “You’re in trouble,” I have heard from bystanders, friends, and family. “I am in trouble,” I, myself, have even said on multiple occasions.
"We are only on day 8 of no electronics, and I am so amazed at what I've seen that I am on fire to share it with the world. I figured The Boy might show some change without an iPod in his hand, but I had no idea the dramatic improvement that would take place."
"I know what it’s like to see parents and children stare at your child, laugh at them or worse…walk away from them. People would understand if your child looked different, if you were pushing them in a wheelchair or if they had a walking frame. I see your child’s disability even when they don’t look disabled."
"She enjoyed my affection, enjoyed my attention, and I enjoyed her reaction. She wanted me to do it. One day she wouldn’t ask me. She would just do it herself. What if this was the last time?"
