Forgiveness.....reconciliation
This week we've been faced with a difficult situation. The situation has moved me from sadness to frustration and back to sadness. Earlier this week one of E's friends came to her to tell her that a video; in which she and another student were the center point {they were merely laughing and being silly but still, privacy was breached}, was making its rounds within a group of kids at school. She and the other student immediately went to the Dean of Student Life to share their story. They shared that they felt violated and felt as if they had been the target of misconduct by another student. Our hearts sank, we worried about our kid, we were filled with sadness that this place that had provided her new life and a new beginning had suddenly been tarnished. This safe place had not provided safety, it had been the arena of cruelty and one again she might find herself on the outside looking in. We leaned into the reality that E had not sat back, she had taken the matter to