Sleepless

[illusiongrl]

I am not one to stay awake nights worrying. To the contrary, when I'm upset all I want to do is go to sleep and sink softly into oblivion. I have been known to sleep well past 15 hours if things are bad enough. But it seems there is one thing that will keep me awake: my daughter's safety.

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Warm arms...

[ladyravenfyr]

Oh,Honey, I'm so sorry! This is really scary stuff. I think your feelings are completely justified. Your daughter was violated, thrust into a trauma that she really should never have witnessed. And you are doing all the right things, providing assurance and comfort to her. And you too have been violated with violence and I'm so sorry. It is a scary world and I think the best we can do is comfort one another and provide reassurance that even in the midst of violence and ugliness, there is beauty and peace... that which we create around us as much as we can, when we can.
xoxo
R

Holy....

[savagedaughter]

It is assualt with an intent to create bodily harm, at least in this state. There are all kinds of names for it. Because it is a crime of passion i.e. the guy was in the moment when he grabbed the knife, attempted murder would never stick, it was not premeditated like a must in most murder charges.

Kudos to C to be smart enough to stay calm, and walk away without looking back. And double kudos for telling you and being brave enough to deal with it. Shes growing up into a really terrific young lady.

[lapiswitch]

She's a smart kid, that's for sure.

I would be right there with you, crying on the side of the bed. Shoot, it's taking a lot of work not to be crying right now reading about it. You seem to be doing all the right things. I'd be worried sick also and trying to figure out how to rearrange my schedule to be there. I'm sorry that this sort of reality came in to your lives.

[tlcbird]

*eeeek*

!!!

(((hugs)))

wow

[gwisteria]

I know when Lu was in the 3rd grade on her school bus she stuck up for a another kid and got punched in the stomach by an 6th grade boy and she was amazing she didn't even tell me until the school called it was such an out of the ordinary event they were working triple time to fix it.The boy had to be driven to school for the rest of the year and Lu had talk to a school staff person so they could document the whole thing properly but she just wanted it be over....your story brought back all my sadness at her loss of innocence and I blamed myself for not driving her to school and back even tho it would have been impossible.....my thoughts are with you and be assured in the fact that when faced with a situation that was periless she got herself and her friends to safety and then took the time to worry about how messed up the "bad" guy must be to act so wrongly...that is amazing