Bullying: What Your Child Doesn't Know How To Tell You

                Greetings from the frozen hell where I am currently ensconced with a miserably stuffed up nose, a cup of tea, wearing tattered Old Navy sweatpants and a hot pink hoodie in a room littered with tissues.    Writing is a deeply ingrained habit within me; I don’t feel content unless I’ve logged my 2500 words for the day.  Alas, I’ve been having a hard time feeling motivated to write the last few days, ironic because on days like this, writing is about the only thing I can do.

                Anyway.  I am writing to announce an accomplishment of mine that fills me with pride:  the publication of my nonfiction self-help book, Bullying: What Your Child Doesn’t Know How to Tell You, Advice from A Former Victim, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078SM9KZH.   (As it's such an important topic, I'm offering it for only .99 in the Kindle store). And for the first time, I’m having difficulty recalling the title of my own book.  Chalk it up to steadily encroaching middle age or too many words in the title. 

                If you’ve followed my blogs, I write a lot on the topic of bullying.  Unfortunately, I’ve been bullied quite a lot during my lifetime, and I know all too well the pain and humiliation of being a repeat victim.  This book is the culmination of many years of thought.  I’ve often pondered what could have made a difference in my life, turned me away from the path of being a chronic victim.  This book basically outlines what I wish adults had known when I was being bullied during childhood.

                I felt a sense of urgency while writing this book, because every day yet another story was in the news about a victim killing themselves.  Bullying is a huge problem in our society that has reached epidemic proportions.  The thought of a twelve-year-old taking their own life is almost inconceivable; after all, what could possibly possess someone to end something that hasn’t even truly begun yet?  Kids wanting to opt out of life at the age of twelve is a blinking neon sign that this society is failing its children.

                It is my hope that this book may help someone.  Maybe even save a life.  This represents my attempt to change the world for the better.  I can only pray it’s successful.  I want to make a difference.