The Thailand Daycare Massacre

 10.7.2022

Before I got sober or even began to mature, kids won my heart. For good. And that's never changed, with the exception of intensifying.

Kids are the new hope. I think I was 17 when I was able to ease away from self...only slightly...to be able to free up enough headspace to give a hoot about anything that wasn't my next beer. This was with my best friend's niece, now a mother herself with kids in college. Then, my sister's kids. Friend's kids. Then our nieces & nephews on my Bride's side of our family, and students from my days as a teacher.  Again, pre-sobriety regrets I can't change, but try to amend. Thank goodness the kid's that we've known though our son's K-12 years never new any different me. All of the above are great kids, even into their 40s. 

I still stay in contact with most all of them the best I can. Thank you electronic contact and our social media! Too bad for my mispent youth, but at least the children I've known stayed super important.

Thailand this week. 34 people killed, 24 of them children. IN A DAYCARE. I can't begin to imagine the horror and disbelief of the folks inside, the victims, and anyone that may have survived, if any. Then the parents and family receiving the news. Hold them close, folks.

In thinking about all of the kids I have already spoken about, I don't know what would have been triggered inside of me had I been the recipient of this kind of news. I think we all have, or have had, "what if" thoughts. Especially when whacked out fuckers go next level batshit unbelievably mental. For me, I recall thoughts of vengeance. I know it's wrong, but don't judge me. They're only thoughts. But kids, man. AT A DAYCARE. 

So the chickenshit perpetrator offs himself. Pussy. He knew what he'd face otherwise. I don't have much sympathy for kid killers, or for the killing of the folks that care for our kids. Motherfucker.

The January 6th Insurrection was bad. GOP leadership is bad. North Korean leadership is bad. Russian leadership is bad. Iranian leadership is bad. Racists of all kinds are bad. Lying liars are bad. Lots of bad people out there. But none as bad as kid killers. So if your mind ever takes you there, here's a tip: go ahead and end yourself without inflicting irreparable harm to others. Please.

R.I.P. sweet innocents. 

R.I.P. sweet caregivers.

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