Watch the video, it is joyous and happy. The young girl looks gleeful and strong, loving the moment. It will actually make you feel better.

Already bawling. May have to wait on the video...

Yeah, not watching the video. Worn smooth out from this weekend, and the pictures alone made me wibble.

That hospice is where my father spent his last few days. What a wonderful place, staffed with caring and very knowledgable staff who know how to best care for the dying and their families. The contrast from his previous weeks in the hospital, even in basic medical care and medication, could not be greater, and the…

Goddamn it.

Uh, hospice means “end of life care”. She will not be recovering.

They're filming what will likely be their last real moment with their friend, where she's still lucid and herself. I'd probably do the same thing.

That’s so dope of her!

AHHH CUTE LIL BB FLOWERS

I train a kids sports team (8-18) and I can say with confidence that they are some of the kindest, open minded, and most socially conscious kids I’ve ever met. I’ve underestimated them but oce in my life and I’ll never do it again, because these kids are some of the most genuinely intelligent, selfless, and caring…

Okay sentimental teacher memory time...

At first I thought that was some new teen slang that I had never heard of and I panicked that I was out of the loop. Then I realized that he was just saying that the kid in the army pants in the pic is his straight friend. Ah teens.

We had one at my high school in the greater Chicago area. It was great. But we had to meet off campus because a new superintendent (from a backwards place) refused to let us have the cafeteria or any other commonly used meeting places on campus. It was really stupid. Our principal eventually got the GSA back on campus…

When my son got caught smoking pot on campus at HS (and at the parent/principal/student meeting was asked by the principal what happened to make him go from F’s to A’s and B’s recently), the punishment was this: if you had extracurricular activities you had to quit; if you didn’t you had to join one. My son chose the…

I work with teens and I say this all the time: they are great. Fucking great. I like them than I like most adults.

My daughter, now 19, was a member of GSA (gay/straight alliance) at her high school and took her girlfriend to the prom. Her little sister, now 13, although straight, intends to join next year. It’s the greatest thing. I don’t know how far GSA has penetrated into the heartland, where it’s most needed. I’m impressed…

I think that

I think this is really great but I’d kind of like to go a step further and say: Can we maybe ditch the whole prom thing as it stands now? After hearing that at my daughter’s (private, prep) school, they had to sell 135 tickets for the prom to be on (and for the all students to get the next day off of classes) I asked…

Shhh. Do you hear the dripping? That is the sound of my cold, icy heart melting.

As someone who wasn’t asked to any dance, ever (including prom), I can attest to the fact that it’s emotionally scarring (even though I’m straight, & my situation wasn’t exactly like this one... All my friends had dates. I went anyway, & ended up leaving less than halfway through in tears). It’s been 11 years, & while…