tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post5453532747572391974..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: The Last DayDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-42032823166749147682008-01-20T04:42:00.000-05:002008-01-20T04:42:00.000-05:00Belinda, I like the idea of an annual week of reme...Belinda, I like the idea of an annual week of rememberance and protest regarding violence against people with disabilities. I think that we could do some cool stuff with planning. Let's talk over tea.<BR/><BR/>Wheelchair princess, I've tried to email you about your offer to help with a webpage but the email keeps bouncing back. Either the address is wrong or there is a problem at your end. Could you give me the address again? Thanks.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-23180395732316475252008-01-19T21:57:00.000-05:002008-01-19T21:57:00.000-05:00Thanks Dave.from p.t.Thanks Dave.from p.t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-73820489659986354972008-01-19T18:50:00.000-05:002008-01-19T18:50:00.000-05:00Wonderful. What she said is so sad - "...this is t...Wonderful. What she said is so sad - "...this is the first time they knew that someone cared about it".Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-66815346320234058422008-01-19T15:07:00.000-05:002008-01-19T15:07:00.000-05:00An idea came to me this morning after I posted my ...An idea came to me this morning after I posted my first comment.<BR/><BR/>What if this time every year, at the start of the same week in which we learned about and mourned Brent this year (January 11th), we consciously commemorate him and others who've experienced abuse, by talking about it, raising awareness, talking about bullying and teaching people who experience it how to get help? <BR/><BR/>Hmmm. It sounds like what you do most of the time, Dave.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-29631122843874056482008-01-19T13:12:00.000-05:002008-01-19T13:12:00.000-05:00My black armband came off last night, too, with th...My black armband came off last night, too, with the same sense of sadness. From now on it will be hanging from the mirror of my car where I will see it and be reminded every day - because the band may be off of my arm, but that doesn't mean it's over...<BR/><BR/>Thank you Dave - for the black armband that is now a part of my life. It needed to be there.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527926041729913404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-14053983771976339582008-01-19T12:07:00.000-05:002008-01-19T12:07:00.000-05:00Dave, I would never have heard of this tragedy if ...Dave, I would never have heard of this tragedy if you had not written about it. Thank you.<BR/>I read the previous posts and am so heartened by the support on this issue, save that one phone call.moplanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998309937928231527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-63161672543202162872008-01-19T08:52:00.000-05:002008-01-19T08:52:00.000-05:00To all the people with disabilities we should more...To all the people with disabilities we should more often, and more explicitly, show our love and our interest in who they really are. It will be so easy to do, and we'll get a spontaneous response. <BR/>In this way we might make up a bit for all the abuse, the brutality and the agression disabled, innocent people have to suffer from.<BR/>I am starting this as a personal action right now, and shall continue with it for the rest of my life.<BR/>Because you' ve changed me too Dave.<BR/>I must praise your gift of writing in a way our hearts are moved greatly.<BR/>I'm glad I found your blog, and thankful for what you are doing.<BR/>Mieke.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881820813337843551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-32842412979824969992008-01-19T06:54:00.000-05:002008-01-19T06:54:00.000-05:00Wow...what a powerful moment. You HAD to be in Teo...Wow...what a powerful moment. You HAD to be in Teopia. How awesome you were "in position" for this wonderful connection.<BR/><BR/>All week long I felt as if that was the missing component for me. I connected with people briefly during the week who were Brent's "brothers and sisters" by even closer relationship than me, but they didn't ask. I wish now that I had waved my arm in the air and made them notice so that I could tell them. But I can still tell them, and I will. THAT's what's next for me!<BR/><BR/>I too, felt sad when I took off my armband last night, and undid the stitches that transformed it from an armband to a headband. I felt as if I was almost desecrating a sacred object. But when I wear it in my hair I will think of Brent. I will never forget his name, and what he symbolizes, or who he was personally; a kind and gentle person who crossed the path of people in the grip of evil; people who themselves need tranformation.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.com