I'm a high school teacher and married to a most lovely man. I love to interact with people from a multitude of cultures, learning and respecting each other's differences whilst gloriying the similarities. I don't indulge in flirtations nor anything of that ilk XD

I'm an avid drama fan, any good drama will do even ones without the subtitles XD. I know it takes much effort to transcribe videos so my appreciation to the transcribers on here.

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In solidarity with the children of Gaza.

Imagining Palestine

A Palestinian child died in my arms today. It was a young boy; it was a girl. It was an infant; it was a 13-year-old. She had been shot 20 times by an Israeli soldier firing U.S.-made bullets; he had been dismembered by a missile fired from a U.S.-manufactured Israeli helicopter gunship. I am a Palestinian, and these were my children.
http://www.counterpunch.com/christison12222004.html


I Could Not Save a Single Child
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Not the ones wrapped in green cocoons lying row on row, surrounded by throngs of grieving men. I cannot comfort the fathers who jump up and down in agony, screaming as their children lie dead before them on the ground.

I cannot comfort the mother whose eyes, ravaged and blanked by terror, stare beyond me from the photograph, nor save the little one with bloodied, bruised face who stands beside her, nor the older brother, the only two who survived of six. I cannot say, “Come, we have a big, comfortable basement with a bed for you and the children, and a bath, and plenty of food. We will take you and shelter you.” I cannot welcome them to a home full of calm, of sunlight, with the warmth of potted plants, the refrigerator full of food, the showers waiting to receive them, the warm water streaming down to comfort their bruised and tired bodies.

I cannot save a single Gaza child
http://www.counterpunch.org/cantarow01162009.html