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Date Posted: 07:10:37 06/20/04 Sun
Author: Holly Ann
Subject: Breaks My Heart

I found this site one day while surfing the web and really liked it a lot so I added to my favorites. I have never sent a message until today. I saw something someone typed about racism. I have learned no matter how hard we try there will always be ignorant people who will pass judgment based on race, color or creed. Sometimes even on gender. I was not raised that way. Both of my parents now deceased taught me and my siblings to treat others the way we want to be treated. Although that old motto says "sticks and stones may break my bones.....but words will never hurt me". Well words do hurt. In fact they cut deeper then any rock or stone. About 3 years ago I met a wonderful man that love with all my heart and soul and he is Santee Sioux, Winnebago and Saco Fox. I am Italian, French and Irish. Although he lived in Iowa and me in Massachusetts and our beliefs were different it did not matter because our love grew to a very special bond. I respect him for what he believes in as he does me. My children adore him and he has been living with us for about a year now. My neighbors on the right and left side of me having been doing things to hurt my children and of course when they hurt I hurt too. For example one placed No Trespassing signs facing my yard so my children would not slide on their snow in the winter. The other one filed a complaint against us to take down my children's tree fort and they did it in winter and near Christmas. Try telling a 6 year old Santa can't fix it. Although my wonderful man can blow off things people say and do it hurts me that people just can be so damn cruel. He says he is use to it and says he is a minority. I break down and cry saying he is not because I don't see him as any different. In fact as I type this I have tears in my eyes. It is all how one was raised. I was the little girl who played with those when no one else would and for those who were challenged with a handicap I called them my friends......after all we all words do hurt so choose them carfully.

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