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Little Pictures
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! Ok readers - Hands up - how many of you remember hearing not
to borrow trouble - it will come soon enough on its own? I think
trouble is here. I think we are trying to treat a "symptom" and the
disease (if you will) goes unchecked.
Remember our local school board wanting to pass a new levy a few years
ago now? It failed the first two or three times. Now it's passed.
Remember the president of the school board resigning and telling that
the provisionary votes were really empty envelopes? The kiddies -
Little Pictures - heard that.
Remember the Afro-American man that approached our city council about
bringing in an office of his company? Remember how a then-councilman
offered him a racial slur wrapped in a joke? Remember the apologies in
our local tabloids from the other council members and our then-mayor
the following two days, respectively? The kiddies heard that - and the
ones that could read - read it, too.
Remember how a newly elected councilman argued - in print - in our
local tabloids - with a local business owner? And the commissioner
signed his professional title to his name? The kiddies saw, heard, and
read that, too.
When was the last time you saw someone taking a dog for a walk? When
was the last time you saw someone walking with a kiddie...on a regular
basis? Trick or treating and parades do not count. The kiddies see
this, too.
Now - imagine being a kiddie - say 10 - 16 years old. Wouldn't you
think that the adults make their own rules? And - you can do that when
you get "older", too. Wouldn't you think that you might be "bait" on a
hook - "It will be a couple of years and we will have a new school -
when the levy passes" - is what the kiddies were promised - by the
Superintendent - remember? Some kiddies never got to "be all they can
be" in the new school. Most parents could not afford the property tax
hike. The Little Pictures heard all of this, too.
Imagine being 10 and hearing that a new - "state of the art" school is
coming. You will get better grades there. What if you believed you
could really get better grades in a brand new school? What happens when
you realize that you still need to study? Some of the kiddies have
realized that. And - in too many situations - the parents are divorced.
One of the parents does not have enough time for the biological kiddies
- and does not really want the responsibility of the new step-kiddie.
Aren't we telling the kiddies to act one way while we are showing them
- as adults - you can act another way? Seriously - we all know right
from wrong. No one wants to be cheated on - lied to - stolen from -
talked about...picked on because of eye glasses, skin color, mental
faculties, etc.
Enter heroin - the latest "kick" in a long line of "kicks." Remember
the '60s and the "West Coast" fad of seeing a psychiatrist, taking
seconal, tuonals and drinking wine? The Little Pictures saw that, too.
And just like last week's loaded gun - heroin - or any "kick" - is
dangerous on either end. As a force drives the ammunition from the
firearm - the thoughts and feelings will be driven by the drug -
alcohol, pot, or - in today's world - heroin. Would now be a good time
to take a look to see what example we are setting for any Little
Picture - at any age?
Remember the kiddies and our service people. Take good care of the
furry and feathered ones out there. Be safe and healthy. See ya next
time. Ever Toodles!! MONA
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