Comments on: he keeps haunting me

By: Cindy L.

Cindy L. — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:56:04 +0000

Something similar happened years ago when I was working for a publisher in Detroit, in the Book Tower building. Unless people live in or near big cities, they are not touched by the realities of the homeless. With our economy being in worse shape now, the plight of the homeless population is more serious than ever. Thanks for shining a hard light on this issue here. Cindy L.’s last blog post..Ode to “Joy”

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:22:45 +0000

I also posted about this tragedy last month called Detroit’s Shame . However, I am enlightened to see that the man has been identified and someone has come forward who knew him. Your post raises a lot of issues that still seem to be unanswered. I still cannot comprehend how those who discovered the body went on to play hockey or continued on with their lives knowing what they knew. Annie’s last blog post..Lessons From Love

By: Tess Giles

Tess Giles — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:51:20 +0000

I don't have children, and even so I agree with Julie Stiles Mills that this is a Mommy post. We learn, then we can teach, and asking questions is one of the very best ways of learning. We have unusually severe snow in the UK at the moment (nothing like you guys get, but bad by our standards!). It's meant that in my town no-one's been out and driving unless absolutely necessary and today, the first fine day, I went to stock up my bare food cupboards at the supermarket. Because of delivery disruptions, some items were running out. This lengthy preamble is leading up to saying how shocked with myself I was when I found myself physically pushing and shoving to beat other people and grab the last one of a couple of items. And I'm really not an aggressive person. We revert to survival instinct so quickly. And with everything else going on in life, it quickly becomes acceptable to play hockey around a frozen corpse. Tess Giles’s last blog post..Leadership, Benedictine style

By: Julie Stiles Mills

Julie Stiles Mills — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:07:12 +0000

It is a mommy blog post for me. It (once again) raises a question in me. How do I teach my KIDS compassion? True compassion? Our lives are sometimes so isolated from the hardships of others. We travel within circles of people mostly like us. How do we teach our children to reach out? So far, for me: Giving. Gifts of Money, yes. Gifts of "things" too. But more importantly, more personally - gifts of time. The hard part for me is finding those opportunities BECAUSE we are so removed from the hardship. Julie Stiles Mills’s last blog post..warning: I failed submission school.

By: Beyond Just Mom » seven quick takes #2

Beyond Just Mom » seven quick takes #2 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:34:30 +0000

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By: pam

pam — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:34:30 +0000

Thanks so much. I worried about whether this was appropriate to post here, but I really felt compelled to write about it. It’s so easy to blame “them” for letting this happen, but the big question to me is how do we let these things happen?
Thanks for following my roller coaster of thoughts!

By: charrette

charrette — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:03:30 +0000

I love the two questions you ask here. (And, like Heather said, looking for solutions rather than blaming or judging.) That attitude brings an element of hope to this tragedy. charrette’s last blog post..Stage Dive...or NOT.

By: Satchel Pooch

Satchel Pooch — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:42:25 +0000

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By: Heather of the EO

Heather of the EO — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:31:48 +0000

I love that you're not angry and judging here, keeping your mind open to all aspects. It's true, we do need to ask how bad it's going to get and ask ourselves what we're going to do to play a part in improving things. Heather of the EO’s last blog post..Always both