Today I started crying on the way home. A long day at work with my slacker co-worker made me feel stressed again (this is becoming a habit). I don't know what brought the thoughts to my mind but suddenly I felt like a horrible person, bringing a child into this screwed up world where people abuse, torture and kill cats and kittens. Where people starve their horses and send them to the killers in Canada and Mexico for slaughter. A place where people beat their dogs and drown puppies. This world pretty much sucks. Kids are abused and abandoned. People are racist and mean and they inflict a lot of pain on others.
I feel so useless sometimes. I wish I could save all the abused and unwanted animals and children and know I can't. I wish I could raise my child in a decent world and prevent him from experiencing any harm and/or pain. But I know I can't do that either.
My older son didn't realize there was a difference in color, I never taught him about race. I never thought about it and there never was a reason to do so. He always thought people had different color skin just like they had different color hair. Then one day when he was in daycare after school, another child said some racist things to my son, which obviously confused him. It broke my heart when he came home and asked me why people had problems with the color of other people's skin. I explained it to him and also let him know that disliking someone because of their color and/or race is not acceptable. And it isn't. It's like hating all people with gray hair. It's just stupid and pointless.
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Hello Celeste ! Please don' t see the world only via its naughty facets ( which always have been ). There are still good people .
I learn you are pregnant and you are waiting for a boy . It is a joy .
Michel.
Keep in touch . It is good to speak .
Love