Bullies

  • I Also Hate Square Dancing

    “I was traumatized by square dancing.,” I declared in response to a friend who had innocently suggested we “allemande left” to get into a restaurant’s parking lot. I realized the moment she offered to let us “mosey left” instead that I had a story to share. There are actually a few social activities I absolutely…

  • Bullies

    I’ve been following the Phoebe Prince story – the story of the 15-year-old girl who recently committed suicide after being bullied at school. Over the past week, I’ve found myself reading excerpts from various articles and books like Barbara Coloroso’s “The Bully, The Bullied and The Bystander” trying to wrap my head around the nature of bullying…

  • Bully

    I’ve tried to be very careful when I’m writing and not use people’s full names and in some cases completely changing names. Well, as some of you already know, I recently blew it. I was checking my mail and there winking at me from my inbox was a note from a person I hadn’t seen…