getting started

hi. you didn't ask, but im typing in lower case right now because im depressed.  right now i don't feel like using correct punctuation either.  at some point when i feel better i'll write about the things that are important to me in this world like love.  love of people.  love of life.  love of children.  love of god.  love of our planet.  just love.  i am one of those people who gets misunderstood a lot because people cannot understand the grand capacity i have in my heart for love.  i'll do my best through these blogs to show and tell about the things that touch my heart and the things i believe god wants us to do in the name of his love. 

my capacity for love is so great that sometimes i think to myself "this must be what jesus felt like."  now, im not comparing myself to jesus, but when hateful and hurtful things occur in the world, it feels to me like one of the many lashes jesus suffered on his way to the cross. 

when a wrongdoing occurs, i bleed.
when a dog gets hit by a car, i bleed.
when a life is lost to a storm, i bleed.
when a soldier is killed, i bleed.
when someone says mean things, i bleed.
when a person is murdered, i bleed.
when drugs are sold, i bleed.
when someone loses their home, i bleed.
when i can't help, i bleed.

but the final spear in my side occurs when someone hurts our children.  i feel an overwhelming need to protect all of our children-- protect them from pain, hurt, suffering, fear, hunger, sadness, loneliness and abuse. 

you didn't ask, but i took a long route to telling you that i hope through this blog you and i can find opportunities and ways to protect (and defend) our children.  along the way, some people might get angry or offended, particularly when we question or test their motives, but when it comes to child safety, i put on my suit of armor and prepare for battle. 

i'm at the point in my life where i feel a war coming on in the name of child protection. who's with me?  now, in the words of general maximum decimus meridius:

"Hold the line. Stay with me. If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled; for you are in Elysium, and you're already dead! Brothers, what we do in life, echoes in eternity.  At my signal, unleash hell!”