Thursday, March 22, 2007
Something wrong with this picture
There is this sign I drive by and every time it just makes me want to scream. Its a billboard about 7' x 9' and it has a picture of a teenage boy that was killed. It states that he was murdered and that no one is doing anything to find his killer. I just can't imagine it. Wait, I just don't want to imagine it. Have we gone that far that we have forgotten the value of life?
When I am talking with my children about, I don't know, stuff there is this one conversation we have that at the end I say, "I can't buy a new you at the store". I can buy all sorts of stuff that's shiny and new. That wont talk back. That wont make me crazy. That wont make me scream with frustration. But, what I can't buy at the store is you. So every day and every night I remind my children that for all that goes on and for every time I yell or tell them to stop doing something, I would not replace a single second of it because I love you. I want you in my life. I brought you into this world because I can not live without you. So every time I drive by that sign I think of a mother, a father, a sister, a brother who wakes up everyday EVERYDAY and can not be frustrated by, nagged for a ride by, borrow the car keys by, hey wheres my breakfast by that boy in the sign. It reminds me we need to do something today. Right now. Wake up Mayor Lang...we need our City street to be safe for children again. Call city hall and find out who the boy is and what the city is doing about his murder. The sign right outside of buttonwood park before Union street. Check it out and make a call 508-979-1410. Remember that we are somebody and a lot of somebodies together can make a big difference.
When I am talking with my children about, I don't know, stuff there is this one conversation we have that at the end I say, "I can't buy a new you at the store". I can buy all sorts of stuff that's shiny and new. That wont talk back. That wont make me crazy. That wont make me scream with frustration. But, what I can't buy at the store is you. So every day and every night I remind my children that for all that goes on and for every time I yell or tell them to stop doing something, I would not replace a single second of it because I love you. I want you in my life. I brought you into this world because I can not live without you. So every time I drive by that sign I think of a mother, a father, a sister, a brother who wakes up everyday EVERYDAY and can not be frustrated by, nagged for a ride by, borrow the car keys by, hey wheres my breakfast by that boy in the sign. It reminds me we need to do something today. Right now. Wake up Mayor Lang...we need our City street to be safe for children again. Call city hall and find out who the boy is and what the city is doing about his murder. The sign right outside of buttonwood park before Union street. Check it out and make a call 508-979-1410. Remember that we are somebody and a lot of somebodies together can make a big difference.
// posted by DME @ 12:30 PM 
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