Aims, I'd love to send her a card. Send me your address at my profile addy?
And Cass, thanks. And good luck to you.
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Aims, I'd love to send her a card. Send me your address at my profile addy?
And Cass, thanks. And good luck to you.
Aw, Em. Aims, I'll totally send her a card, if you like.
smonster, did you get an email from me at your profile addy?
Sent, sweetpea.
And Vortex and juliana, if you'd like to send one as well, she'd love it. She loves getting mail.
Anyone who'd like to send her a card or a note it would be greatly appreciated.
And also, you'll get a laugh out of our street name. Which is Dubie. I want to put a sign on our door that says, "Dave's not here, man!"
Oh Aimee, my heart totally goes out to Em. How awful to feel so isolated, especially when I think that if she were in proximity to another buffista sprog she'd have an insta-cohort of likemindedness.
Does she have an email address, Aimee? I bet Franny would send her an email. She is more moved to send electronic notes for some reason.
She does not, but if Franny wanted to send it to my email. I'd totally give it to Em to read.
I should get Em her own email address. Hmmm...
Oh, Aims. Oh, Em. I feel her youngest and smallest self SO MUCH, and want to reach out and give her giant hugs and take her out to special the-other-kids-aren't-half-cool-enough-for-this-shit tea!
She's a brave and wonderful kid for wanting to turn all of this into awareness and help for other bullied kids, but it still suckity sucks in the present. Love to you all.
The principal, who is a guy I've known since 7th grade, was awesome. I can't praise him enough. He was kind and empathic and just awesome. He hugged me when I started crying and said that whatever interventions needed to happen were going to happen and he'd make sure of it. At one point I said, "I know she's quirky. She's a quirky kid." and he interrupted me and said, "What 4th grader isn't quirky?" It made me laugh.
She is probably the nerdy kid. She talks about Doctor Who and Agents of SHIELD and the girls think she's weird for liking "boy" stuff like Ninjago and beyblades and the the boys think she's weird for not liking "girl" stuff and liking "their" stuff. And she has her temper and a total lack of filter and has quite a few Asperger's qualities but so what, I say. So the fuck what? She's creative and loyal and sweet and giving and just simply amazing and these peter-heads need to piss off and leave my baby girl alone.
That's a shame, Aimee. Gender shaming, in whatever direction, is such a problem.
I'd be happy to send a card too, Aims. I know just the one.
Plus? I was the smart, nerdy kid who got bullied. As an adult, all the mean girls went out of their ways to apologize to me when, really? I'm WAY better off.
I wouldn't say that to a child, but I'm living proof that living well is the best revenge.