list no. 40 : when the shit goes down

1. Unfortunate events have been going down around these parts.
2. A story that isn't mine to tell, but know that it's a subject to ignite my instinctual mama bear, ready to charge with fangs to protect her cub.
3. Ahem.
4. Middle school was/is hard. Some of the things are the same I suppose, but I have no recollection of the actual events that comprised my own angst.
5. And technology takes it all to the most fucked up level that is far more sophisticated than even the most savvy of twelve year olds.
6. I can't fight the battles for my kid, but damn if it doesn't torture me a bit to watch her work her way through the shit she has to work through on her own. 
7. I am proud of her, to the point that my heart could burst, because that kid is full of kindness and forgiveness, long past what the recipient deserves.
8. Especially when she isn't afforded the same.