{"id":1797,"date":"2010-04-16T12:39:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T20:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parentingteensblog.net\/?p=849"},"modified":"2010-09-13T16:58:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T00:58:07","slug":"national-day-of-silence-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/2010\/04\/16\/national-day-of-silence-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day of Silence 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/?attachment_id=855\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parentingteensblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/silent-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"silent\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-855\" \/><\/a>Hi! I know, I know, it&#8217;s been pretty silent around here, and I am totally 100% to blame. You see, after I pulled my hermit bit, I then did something silly, and got myself a day job. In doing so, I went from spending every waking moment sitting on my (considerable)ass in front of the Computer Screen like a NORMAL person, and instead spend 9 hours a day on my feet in the Digital Photo Lab at our brand new Walmart. It&#8217;s been quite the switch, as I&#8217;m sure you can imagine, and I&#8217;ve been missing my daily games, and doing the unthinkable and actually going to bed at decent hours. Sometimes even before the teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>INORITE?!<\/p>\n<p>But, today? I had to write, because I just got a few text messages from Peppermist that made me so INCREDIBLY PROUD of that girl of mine. She is AMAZING in every sense of the word, and some days, I wonder how she&#8217;s managed to grow up so perfectly. And then I take all the credit. Because I&#8217;m her mom. And I can. Even if I&#8217;m a bad blogger and should have known about this already.<\/p>\n<p><center><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dayofsilence.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dayofsilence.org\/img\/dos_b2.jpg\" border=0\/><\/a><\/center>.<\/p>\n<p>You see, today is apparently a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dayofsilence.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Day of Silence<\/a>, to protest against Gay Bashing in schools. Today, across the nation, hundreds of thousands of students took a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools.<\/p>\n<p>And my daughter? was one of them.<\/p>\n<p>If you only knew how that girl LOVES to talk, you&#8217;d know what strength she possesses to take such a vow! She and Micki wore signs all day today, and though she&#8217;s going to the movies after school with the Twins, who would like her to talk after school, she has decided to continue on because according to her text to me: &#8220;That&#8217;s not the point, to just do it during school. I&#8217;m not going to stop until tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/?attachment_id=850\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-850\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DOS\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-850\" \/><\/a><\/center>.<\/p>\n<p>Damn, but that girl makes me proud to be her mom! So tell me, what will YOU do to end the silence?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I know, I know, it&#8217;s been pretty silent around here, and I am totally 100% to blame. 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