sometimes i talk a lot. A LOT. when i'm passionate about something, take a seat. or run for the door. because it could be a while. the problem is, somedays i want to post multiple blogs. but how many is too many? let's not get into overkill. other days i'm silent. perhaps i find myself in a momentary state of being pensive. thinking about things. life. life is huge. it's so much bigger than us. think about it. clare and i went to a nearby park yesterday. we walked a few trails, hiked as far as we could go in flip flops, walked along the creek bead and through a few small waterfalls. it was a amazing. nature is beautiful. i read through blogs a lot. i get lost in the linkage - from blog to blog to blog. people are so interesting. their lives...so interesting! what they're going through, where they travel, what they do on a day to day basis. i came across an entry this evening where someone spoke about the importance of living "greener" now. that they had never really considered it's importance until they had children. then they became aware...what we do now will affect the world their children will live in as adults. that's a scary thought. that really made me stop and think. i have bought my reusable grocery bags and try to use them every time i pick up something at the store.



but there's so much more i need to do for the environment. one day i hope to have kids. and i not only want them to have the opportunities i had and live the way i lived...i want them to have more. i want their lives to be even better. but not just dealing with the environment. but with school too. another blog i crossed wrote about recent suicides of 11 yr olds for teasing and bullying. this breaks my heart into millions of pieces. to think that kids as young as 11 (and even younger) are being treated this way and made to feel so horrible about themselves that they take their own lives. that's is devastating. after reading through that particular entry i was reminded of a little boy, whose story touched my heart a year ago...Lawrence King.



He couldn't be any cuter. Lawrence was a 15 yr old who was murdered AT SCHOOL last february after publicly saying he was gay and had asked a 14 yr old male classmate to be his valentine. how tragic! it scares me. if i had to go back to high school now, i don't think i could do it. i felt so safe while i was in high school. but i wouldn't now. i don't want my children to fear school. i want them to feel safe there, and enjoy going. even if they don't particularly love the schoolwork aspect (not every kid will - i can't force that) but i don't want them to feel like school is a dangerous place. and i certainly don't think a child should ever fear (or be discouraged from) being who they truly are.