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Take a moment to watch the video above. Watch it twice. No really…watch it twice.
While I watched the video, I couldn’t help but think of all the things I don’t do because the “what if” is just too overwhelming to me. I used to be the biggest dare-devil. Roller coasters were my thing. Stand up, ride backwards..it didn’t matter. I rode them all. Then I had my son. Suddenly all the stories about roller coasters jumping the tracks scared me. I stopped riding roller coasters in 2004. I finally rode one again during Brandcation this past October. Boy was I scared. All I kept thinking about were my kids and husband at home. But then I went once…twice…and by the end I rode it 9 or 10 times! It felt good to overcome that fear!
I’ve talked before about my sons troubles last year with bullies. It literally broke my heart to see my son go through that. To have him sit across from me and ask me “why”, was almost too much. All my husband and I could do was continue to tell him to be strong and not put up with someone hurting him. So to say I was nervous at the start of this school year is an understament. But we started the year and we reminded our son about what to do if someone hurts him and what to do if he sees someone hurting another person. Do you know what he said to me? “Why didn’t anyone ever help me?”
What do you say to that?
Despite my fears, this has been the best year Zachary has ever had. For the first time ever, he has a group of boys in his class that stick up for him, have gone to the principal to tell their side of the story…but most importantly, they gave my son confidence! I can happily say, he is no longer being bullied!
It’s moments like these with my son finding out that kids do stick up for one another and all of the examples in the video above that there definitely is more good that bad and we just need to see through the bad to find that good!
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