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...from Jodee Blanco, who wrote a brilliant book on grade school/high school bullying, discussed yesterday.  In that book, she also wrote:

"No matter what you're going through right now, you can survive and things will get better.  You must stay strong and have faith in the extraordinary person inside you waiting for the opportunity to show the world what you're made of.  I believe in you and know that you have what it takes to not only get through whatever is causing your pain right now, but to use it to help others transcend their own pain.  You are my hero, and my fervent desire is that after you've read this book, it will have made you want to become someone else's hero too.  It doesn't require much:  a phone call, a word of encouragement, an invitation extended in friendship."

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a
happy family all wrapped up in each other." -Burton Hillis