spunquilts
11-30-2008, 04:34 PM
All,
I feel like I live in this happy little bubble and that bad things just don't happen anymore. Gone are the days fearing the Matthew Sheppard events...........well last night my bubble burst. My son and his partner live in Atlanta. They went out to do some christmas shopping and were leaving Target. They reached their car and another car was parked next to theirs. They put their things in their car, and then started walking towards the grocery store (to buy stamps of all things for their chirstmas cards). The other car pulled out of its parking spot, stopped in front of my kids, yelled profanities and negative comments about them being gay and one of the passengers pulled out a gun and shot at my son and his partner. Luckily, it was only a BB gun, but my son was hit in the face with one of the pellets. He's fine, the doctors indicated that they couldn't remove the pellett because it would cause more damage. Since I live in Colorado, I couldn't rush over to be by his side but he tells me not to worry........NOT TO WORRY?????? .
So why am I writing this? We all know it happens.......but not to my family. I'm angry because my son now will have to deal with the emotional issues that go with being violated and injured by an act of evil hatred that should not be happening. I'm angry that while we've come so far, my children will have to continue fighting for equal rights and have to deal with the prejudices that continue. I'm writing because the only people who can really understand my anger and frustration are people who have been on a R family cruise and really know what is like to take your guard down and enjoy the one week a year without fear.
Thank you for letting me do that.
Lisa
I feel like I live in this happy little bubble and that bad things just don't happen anymore. Gone are the days fearing the Matthew Sheppard events...........well last night my bubble burst. My son and his partner live in Atlanta. They went out to do some christmas shopping and were leaving Target. They reached their car and another car was parked next to theirs. They put their things in their car, and then started walking towards the grocery store (to buy stamps of all things for their chirstmas cards). The other car pulled out of its parking spot, stopped in front of my kids, yelled profanities and negative comments about them being gay and one of the passengers pulled out a gun and shot at my son and his partner. Luckily, it was only a BB gun, but my son was hit in the face with one of the pellets. He's fine, the doctors indicated that they couldn't remove the pellett because it would cause more damage. Since I live in Colorado, I couldn't rush over to be by his side but he tells me not to worry........NOT TO WORRY?????? .
So why am I writing this? We all know it happens.......but not to my family. I'm angry because my son now will have to deal with the emotional issues that go with being violated and injured by an act of evil hatred that should not be happening. I'm angry that while we've come so far, my children will have to continue fighting for equal rights and have to deal with the prejudices that continue. I'm writing because the only people who can really understand my anger and frustration are people who have been on a R family cruise and really know what is like to take your guard down and enjoy the one week a year without fear.
Thank you for letting me do that.
Lisa