I’ll be posting my Real Housewives of NYC blog later. Loved it! 🙂
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More serious and important topic. Oprah did the best show on bullying today. Unfortunately she had parents of deceased kids on. I wish they weren’t there because that means they lost their kids. They killed themselves. Tragic. There was one father who now speaks to kids about how his son hung himself five years ago. How brave…and necessary. I really feel like this can help. They are heroes for speaking up.

When “we” talk about it, it’s whining. So it’s best to shut up, right???? 🙁

People shouldn’t be dying over this crap. Kids shouldn’t be depressed and killing themselves. WE ARE FAILING OUR KIDS! It’s not the government. It’s not the school. IT IS US – we are responsible. The school will never be able to police bullying/teasing.

Another important part of the show was showing a 13 year old go through therapy. It probably seems like obvious advice to a person who wasn’t/isn’t severely bullied. However, it actually opened my eyes! I don’t know if the advice will help a shy person. A shy person will have a harder time setting boundaries and saying, “NO.”

I hope these kids can get a good therapist to help them not feel like victims. They don’t have to be abused.
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On a lighter note:

I temporarily have azaleas in my house:

I’m giving them to my mom for mother’s day. I should have brought a pot for them because both will need to be re-potted. But I brought her a lot of stuff so…ha. I only do container gardening. Damn I just found out that azaleas are poisonous to cats. Oops. My cat already ate (played with) the flowers. What is NOT poisonous? I will put a bag over them. I hope they still have blooms by Sunday.

I don’t see hibiscus on the list. YAY! I’m redoing my porch. And I found a hibiscus tree that I must have. It didn’t have a price on it…I might have to splurge. I love gardening! Pictures soon. Last year I went really out. This year I just want one rose bush and the hibiscus tree. My rose bush outside (yes in a container) is starting to bloom. 🙂