Q: I'll be MAJOR CRUSH but what to doooo.

Some people don’t really get it. At least I’m coming to agree with my coordinator’s rants on the younger generation; as in we have little to almost no sentimentally. When my home was broken into last month, you can clearly witness the effects it had on my family. For instance, paranoia blankets us as soon as night falls; mom would triple check outside the window and I would flip over the slightest sound (no matter how much I try to convince myself that it was something trivial like the wind or owl-like neighbors). You might think it’s borderline silly, well I agree with you. But I also believe that should you ever had to experience a break in, you’d somehow end up doing the same.

YL was traumatized from one that she stays outside the house watching the auto gates close and remain there for five minutes before pulling away. GavinL never locks his room door at night, but since four years ago he does it ever so often it became a habit to lock even when friends are just hanging out. SandraP said, “Now I sleep with my bouken in my room. You know how bad that thing smells after class. But what to do…I feel a lot safer with it.”

The recovery will take time. But there will be others out there who presume life resumes unscathed, not understanding that the victims are steadfastly trying to cope with losses and insecurities.

GavinL: You should see how they try to guilt trip you into going out with them. Waahh, I don’t follow on the trip means I’m the bad guy. But did they think about me?

Amen,
Vonnie S.