not bullied

posted by Sherry Carr. AND I WANTED TO SHARE

Chris was not bullied and called names. He was well loved and respected by all who knew him. The bullying claim is a rumor passed around and propagated by those who do not know including the news channels that helped to spread this rumor to increase viewer interest. One channel has now sent an apology letter to the district that they aired a story with out finding out any of the facts because they wanted it to hit the air so quickly that they did not check out the facts. That is called sensationalism and whether their faux facts hurt anyone or not they do not care. Talk to Chris' friends, his family, his teachers they will tell you what a remarkable young man Chris truly was and how well thought of and beloved he was. Gossip is often more intriguing for some than actual truth. Praise Chris for the terrific young man he was, but do not ridicule his memory by making it sound like he fell prey to mean-spirited students. Do not degrade his family, his friends, his teachers and his school like we would have let harassment go on unattended. The issues that moved Chris to this unfathomable end of his life are far more scary than even bullying. It should make every parent's hair stand on end because we don't know why Chris took this path. Right now there are no indicators to family and friends of why this happened. It would actually be better if we could blame a bully for we would have someone, some thing to attack and hurl our anger at. But no bully means we have to continually look deeper into why a handsome, bright, happy, well-loved kid would make such a misguided, rash decision in one particular moment, on one particular day to such a fatal end. We can't figure it out and it scares us even more because if this caliber of young person with such a bright present and even brighter future felt such a horrific moment of despair can we be comfortable that we know our own children as well as we think we do. I hope one day that it will come to the surface why Chris chose this path for all of us that keep asking ourselves "why", but especially for his family. I was deeply touched by Chris, all the wonderful things people have said I saw in him. I cared for him. He could make others feel special and that was one of the many things that made him so special. Heavens gain is truly our loss. He will always be remembered, missed, and beloved.

Kolby's 8th Birthday Adventure

we took Kolby to Disneyland for the first time when he turned 6 and he loved it. He loved the roller rosters, which i was excited about because i am not a kiddy ride person. our oldest was not a roller coster kid when he was younger. because Kolby couldn't go on all the rides when he was 6 due to not being tall enough, we told him we would return when he was able to go on "all" the rides. well, he remembered that and we owned up to it and planned another Disneyland Birthday =)

Kolby was so cute and nervous about ridding on Space Mountain for our first ride of the day because i pre-warned him it would be dark inside. he isn't a big fan of the dark. He loved it! although you can't tell from this photo. Auston was so funny in all the photos, acting like he wasn't having fun, lol.

we then rode the buzzlighter ride, which ended with Auston being the winner, followed by Daniel, Me and then Birthday Boy. then another favorite Star Tours, it was a new 3d show and was AWESOME!

next we were off to the Matterhorn. not a favorite of mine, its fast but really jerky. Kolby loved it =) the lines were so short all day long. it was the perfect day to go. we had rain on and off all day, some not so awesome mugginess but all in all perfect =) Kolby really wanted to ride Indiana Jones, but it was closed till winter =( so we did our favorite classic, Pirates of the Caribbean!

Then Splash Mountain.

from there to Thunder Mountain & Toad's Wild Ride (a request by Auston). After that we were off to the california side. straight to California Screamin! which the photo was changed before we made it to the kiosk to look at =( Kolby loved his first loop ride. and then off to another ride we went. Toy Story, I won!

it was so muggy that i said, lets ride the little mermaid. the boys weren't happy. the only good thing about that ride was that it was cool inside. we then tried to go and ride the Radiator Springs Racer ride but it was closed =( and when we went back later it was a 75 minute wait (i don't think so) we will do that on the next trip, next year, maybe. we rode Soarin Over California, we all love that one. Then a nervous Kolby said it was time to ride The Tower of Terror! as we stood in line Kolbys heart was pounding because again i warned him it was a dark ride at times and we would be dropping and rising fast on a elevator. he wanted to do it, i was so proud of him. there was only 6 of us on the ride and the hosetess was really nice to Kolby on explaining it was safe and fun. after the ride Kolby said "I don't ever want to do that again" Awwww, poor kid was SCARED!

After our adventure on the California side we headed back to Disneyland =) riding Space Mountain again and then shopping for our goodies before we headed home. It was a great day and much fun was had by all =) so glad we all took the day off and took a much needed break from it all for the celebration of Kolby's birthday! Kolby was also blessed by text messages all day wishing him a happy birthday from family and friends!