Victoria Hart's Blog (3)

THAT WHICH BINDS US; AGAPE



At the trial to indict the man who murdered my sister, we waited in the court room corridor for what seemed like forever, before the trial in the morning, and again after lunch and before the afternoon session. The waiting was difficult and anxiety provoking, waiting to walk into a nightmare time and time again, we had to have courage. My family huddled together and "his" family huddled together, each in our own areas. I felt such overwhelming… Continue

Added by Victoria Hart on December 11, 2009 at 1:07am — No Comments

"THE CURE FOR ANYTHING..."

Isak Dinesen once wrote, "THE CURE FOR ANYTHING IS SALT WATER: SWEAT, TEARS, OR THE SEA.

I am in need of a cure and lately the sweat creating workouts aren't coming the way they used to, and tears...well, when my niece arrived, the crying stopped. It turned out that my crying disturbed her, so I stopped. Now, I try to cry, I need to cry, I have much emotion to purge, but the crying has stopped, despite my desire to sob a big sloppy one. I feel the urge often, I've lost so much in the past… Continue

Added by Victoria Hart on November 3, 2009 at 9:27am — No Comments

A TEACHER, A DUMB BLONDE, AND AN AUNTIE...

My child returned home from school yesterday informing me that something had happened in class that just seemed wrong to her. She told me how, while she was clarifying her homework assignment with her Language Arts teacher, the teacher responded, “Don’t stand there and give me that dumb blonde look.” All the children in the room stopped their chatter and stared at my daughter, a few of them gasping with disbelief.



I wish a gasp was all that came out of my mouth. Seething and with a… Continue

Added by Victoria Hart on October 16, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

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