CHILDHOOD BULLIES

MOM ON CHILDHOOD BULLIES:


About a month ago I joined facebook and have been reconnecting with every friend I ever drifted from for 44 years. Yesterday, I found my brother's most violent and vicious bully. I was compelled to share my thoughts on that matter, here is what I wrote to her:

You know it's bitter sweet finding all my old friends on facebook this past month, because for most of us, with all the magical memories also came some painfully dark ones. You may find this shocking to hear but in all my childhood memories, you committed the most traumatic bullying to my older brother that till this day makes me want to cry as I watched it and could do nothing out of fear. This memory of crossing the creek, some big dude holding my brother down, while you pounded him with rocks. Then once bored you twisted the hood of his sweat shirt twirling him around and around and around until he flew to the ground in terror. And I just stood there frozen, immobile, cowardly, watching this violence, afraid for my life. Till this day, I spin in my head, wishing I could have done something to calm your unwarranted anger toward my brother, toward life. You didn't even know him, just had it in for him. My heart bled for my borther, for any child that is bullied with slurs or violence. It was the Holocaust all over again and one of the most devastating experiences of our childhood. I pray for all of us.

The good news is that my brother is now a huge success story in Hollywood. He's handsome and happy, and it is precisely experiences like yours that propelled him to become such a star. He is gay, and this is probably what drove you to abuse him. Violent attacks on gays are nothing new, it's usually taught, and for this I must forgive the ignorance of our elders for their lack of knowledge.

I'm sorry to lay this on you, but it sure feels good to confront something that was so heart-wrenching and as vivid as if it happened yesterday.

Tonight, I dedicate this video to you as I release this tragedy from my heart.

Take care. Jill

Well folks, cheers to not being a coward in life and confronting our demons. Having the depth of soul and humanity to change the world one person at a time. Our videos are making a difference in people's lives Mom! My hero.