As commendable as this April 30th One Blog Day Silence is, it doesn’t make sense to me.

The victims will forever be silent therefore I will speak for them. I will honor their lives by talking and living my life. I will pray for them. Even for the young man who committed this trecherous act. I hope he finally finds the peace that he needs. He was a distrubed young man. He kept his anger inside of him for years. Maybe if he talked to someone. Maybe if he opened up. Maybe, maybe, if only he reached out. And if someone reached back to him.

I don’t want to point this out since the media has done so over and over again[it drove me crazy all day yesterday as my tweeter showed], that he’s Asian. Being an Asian myself I know how the culture is. It’s rare for an Asian family to have an open communication within the family. I don’t know him nor his parents. But did he talk to them? Did they ask him questions.? Did they know what he was feeling?

One of the things that my Dad doesn’t like about me is the fact that I have a big mouth. I kept quiet on a lot of things most of the times but when I felt I had to say something, I spoke up, much to his chagrined. Which is why he and I don’t see eye to eye on a lot fo things. He’s a good man and I love him but I am also my mother’s daughter. She and I are too much alike.

Grief is dealt with however we want. Silence is not MY option. When I was going through something in my life I dialed phone numbers. I talked to my Pastor. I talked to GOD. I asked him questions. I asked him for miracles. I asked his blessings. He heard me.

People get crucified for sharing their opinions, for having a say in how the government should treat it’s citizens. Women in some oppressed countires are stoned for having a mind of their own. They should sit in one corner and let someone else run their lives. They’re expected to be silent

So no, I’m not going to be quiet.

Blogging is an outlet. For all sorts of things. It’s for talking and sharing. Being silent contradicts the very heart of it. We need to open the line of communication. I think it’s about time we all talk.

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