tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.comments2023-05-09T08:40:50.351-07:00Could you describe the ruckus, sir?heyvickybellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333784733155344107noreply@blogger.comBlogger742125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-39833014936122926442015-10-11T16:59:13.032-07:002015-10-11T16:59:13.032-07:00So, Facebook sent me a note that I had posted your...So, Facebook sent me a note that I had posted your letter to your daughter 5 years ago, shortly after you had written it. I posted it then simply because it was such a great response to the tragedy that prompted your writing. At the time, my son was still safely at home with me, in junior high. Fast forward (and I do mean fast!) 5 years, and my baby is a newly minted college freshman . . . and I'm a mom going through all that this transition entails. When Facebook served your post back up to me, the meaning of your words was magnified a million times through the lens of my desire to impress that very information onto my son . . . that there is nothing he cannot live through and that I and his dad and his family and friends will always always have his back. Thank you so much for sharing this private note in your blog. I sent the link to my son, with a little note of my own. Thankfully, he is happy and healthy . . . but no life is perfect, and this is important stuff to remember. Considering how viral your original post went, I'm sure this has saved and is still saving lives. <3Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815578607743837917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-80210402713238166422013-09-25T13:33:08.409-07:002013-09-25T13:33:08.409-07:00I'm trying to follow you but can't see an ...I'm trying to follow you but can't see an option.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022688031349323017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-22500664160451693962012-11-08T00:03:39.891-08:002012-11-08T00:03:39.891-08:00A yr later and I'm still reading and reminding...A yr later and I'm still reading and reminding my daughter about this...<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-81284692554204840532012-04-13T14:36:42.502-07:002012-04-13T14:36:42.502-07:00Well said!!!! I couldn't have said any simpler...Well said!!!! I couldn't have said any simpler and to the point!Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03554932864562684756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-28702876882332145682012-03-27T07:42:41.263-07:002012-03-27T07:42:41.263-07:00Hi Vicky. My mom sent me your letter right after t...Hi Vicky. My mom sent me your letter right after the tragedy and it truly resonated with me. I was assigned to create a PSA for my television production class at Elon University. I wrote your letter into a dialogue...here's the video. hope you enjoy it!!<br /><br />http://youtu.be/zs8f-bPdyasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-86585758849152372032012-03-19T15:18:11.056-07:002012-03-19T15:18:11.056-07:00thank you for this!thank you for this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-38441056718123230752012-02-14T14:51:56.364-08:002012-02-14T14:51:56.364-08:00Very well said. All this nonsense is just about &...Very well said. All this nonsense is just about "controlling" women and their CHOICES. I have no right to tell a woman what to do with her body...it's obscene and I don't understand how any woman can feel differently. It seems some just don't think things through anymore. <br />Oh, I have to stop,I could go on and on and I do want to think positive about the state of the world and still have hope for a future for our kids.<br /><br />Love and Light and Happiness to ALL !<br /><br />PS Found you via Etsy Blog Team.ArtSings1946https://www.blogger.com/profile/06334512350452471407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-40402386520552525772012-02-11T08:56:54.914-08:002012-02-11T08:56:54.914-08:00So well said indeed! We can't let all the pro...So well said indeed! We can't let all the progress that has been made for women's reproductive rights be stifled by these attacks on our freedom.Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-43468250313151202632012-02-10T15:21:59.277-08:002012-02-10T15:21:59.277-08:00Thank you, Vikki! Well said!Thank you, Vikki! Well said!Susan Connollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-27293148512580965862012-02-10T12:52:11.138-08:002012-02-10T12:52:11.138-08:00I completely agree and am utterly miffed at Komen....I completely agree and am utterly miffed at Komen. I relied on PP while in college for my very first GY exam, as well as birth control. They empower women and the good PP has done can't be underestimated as you so eloquently pointed out.Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-88611894865458627412012-02-04T11:00:19.881-08:002012-02-04T11:00:19.881-08:00Can you extend this to Florida's governor as w...Can you extend this to Florida's governor as well...what a bunch of losers.tao.owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564516993872867962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-51223245479233119382012-02-02T20:20:29.050-08:002012-02-02T20:20:29.050-08:00Gotta love the latest excuse for his Numnuts name ...Gotta love the latest excuse for his Numnuts name calling. Mom always said it. To bad president Clintons mom didn't have a secretary that gave blowjobs .he could have used that sorta reasoning too.betty romanskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-11165489098745795172012-01-29T17:50:26.867-08:002012-01-29T17:50:26.867-08:00Thanks Vicki! Much needed! And shared on nwnjhapp...Thanks Vicki! Much needed! And shared on nwnjhappenings on fb.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794803586329088886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-27132832880616615792012-01-29T17:49:01.716-08:002012-01-29T17:49:01.716-08:00Thanks Vicki! I needed that! Share on nwnjhappen...Thanks Vicki! I needed that! Share on nwnjhappenings on fb.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794803586329088886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-84838033770945068682012-01-08T08:17:09.609-08:002012-01-08T08:17:09.609-08:00Don't sugarcoat it.......tell us how you reall...Don't sugarcoat it.......tell us how you really feel2woofershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779003355806401028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-9736492679761187192012-01-06T16:06:36.669-08:002012-01-06T16:06:36.669-08:00I think Romney might be smart enough to get rid of...I think Romney might be smart enough to get rid of him asap. Otherwise, I agree!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15706023334197176603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-27602134020501452722012-01-06T15:55:06.405-08:002012-01-06T15:55:06.405-08:00Thank you so much for saying what needed to be sai...Thank you so much for saying what needed to be said! I have no idea why so many people (who don't live in NJ and are Republican, admittedly) think this guy is so great. He's a small time loser. I hope Romney does make him VP candidate - he will help lose the election for him!Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-87794320804347445842012-01-06T10:04:27.489-08:002012-01-06T10:04:27.489-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15706023334197176603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-66564796722083063332011-11-24T09:00:16.331-08:002011-11-24T09:00:16.331-08:00Well now - as a 71 year old, regretably not a Gran...Well now - as a 71 year old, regretably not a Grandma yet - although there's time yet I suppose - I send good wishes! If I may suggest - if you've had time for hobbies in the past, resurrect one (or two - or, even - three!) If they can be turned into paying pastimes (not necessarily to make enormous profits, but just to cover the inevitable outgoings), then go for it. Make sure you join Etsy and try to sell them (figuring out how to that is time-consuming, but challenging and fun) and blog about it too!<br /><br />Believe me, time will pass fast: get Granma involved too (she may have a trick or two up her sleeve that you've never asked her about!!). <br /><br />Will be following you - just to see how it all goes and meanwhile, maybe you'd like to visit my<br />blog at www.ColdhamCuddliescalling.blogspot.com where I post about how I make, mend and otherwise create soft cuddly toys (as well as other topics). It's a hobby I used to do before I married (42 years ago!) and it's giving me relaxing time when not caring for husband who is now getting increasingly disabled - so I know of what I speak!!<br /><br />Hope you'll Follow me too. I've made some good net friends doing the blogging. <br /><br />All the best. IsobelIsobel Morrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562228276170917504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-64582482636461040072011-11-19T06:59:01.933-08:002011-11-19T06:59:01.933-08:00I found your letter on a friend's Facebook wal...I found your letter on a friend's Facebook wall and reposted it on mine. I also shared your letter with my 15 year old daughter. I only hope that your letter continues it's journey into the hands of those who could benefit from it. Thank you for sharing such a beautifully worded all too important message.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14833229462772858983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-17476844189021328372011-11-17T19:15:13.344-08:002011-11-17T19:15:13.344-08:00Vicki,
I read this a year ago a few days after you...Vicki,<br />I read this a year ago a few days after you posted it. I was so moved that I read it to my sons who were in 2nd and 5th grade. I had been reading a lot about bullying and children who committed suicide because they believed there was no way out. I knew I needed to start talking to them early about this problem and how they should deal with it, but I couldn't figure out how. Then amazingly along came your blog. Now a year later I find myself coming back to read your words again. A girl in our community, a very young girl, decided that her only solution was to take her own life because she was being bullied. I have recommended your post to parents trying to talk to their young kids about such a heart wrenching subject years before they ever thought they would have to. Your words are so simple but so hard to come up with for a lot of us. Thank you so much for offering this to the world. You have definitely left a mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-25426311692296169252011-11-10T06:19:38.938-08:002011-11-10T06:19:38.938-08:00Hello Vicky, this article touched me deeply! I too...Hello Vicky, this article touched me deeply! I too have recently had the last of 5 children leave the nest. I did not think that I would have such a difficult time with it, but to my surprise I did! Then adding to it..through a bad reaction from some medicine from my Dr. I became very sick last year & I lost even more of me for a while. I had to close down all my stores & I vanished for months off the net while I recovered. In it.. I knew depression too. But, in the process of recovery, I have really had to fight to heal & to reinvent myself. I am still in that process of figuring it all out... "what to do with the second half of my life?" Many become house bound, I refuse to do that! I am going to be open to try new things, meet new people & I am just going to take it one day at a time! Great article! Thank you!<br />S. RubyS. Rubyhttp://www.facebook.com/#!/RubysNevadaJewelryDesignsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-49821584398885599662011-11-10T05:55:42.171-08:002011-11-10T05:55:42.171-08:00Hi Vicki :) I am from the ebay blogs too known as ...Hi Vicki :) I am from the ebay blogs too known as "Nevada" & I too miss those friendships it was just easier there to connect! I disagree with you being a crappy writer or artist ((hugs)). But I do agree with your assessments & I too have experianced some rants & they are not alot of fun! I have had to come to the same basic conclusions you have, but tend to keep more to myself. Facebook is ok, I but feel it is kinda disjointed & its.. not so much like the "now" relationships we had on the bay. I enjoyed reading this very much! Thank you Ruby :)S, Rubyhttp://www.facebook.com/#!/RubysNevadaJewelryDesignsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-8034068157479998552011-11-01T16:12:20.667-07:002011-11-01T16:12:20.667-07:00Thank you, Betty. That was really nice. I don'...Thank you, Betty. That was really nice. I don't know where else my words could be... I appreciate your thoughts very much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15706023334197176603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943360221452786577.post-8826710568024682982011-10-30T05:51:36.862-07:002011-10-30T05:51:36.862-07:00If by Interesting n Cheap Place you imply Low Mode...If by Interesting n Cheap Place you imply Low Moderate Income Housing in the middle of Suburbs..o.k...The people that make less then us actually appear to live better then us. Someone forget to tell them Class is about how nice you treat your neighbors..not how much you. spend. The lake n mountains n community spirit are a great benefit .Boring at times soo its nice to have the amusement of being treated based on estimated gross income. I think your words should be where more people could read them. They are very inspiring .Betty Vryhofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14898534459652057524noreply@blogger.com