Yesterday I was watching an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I absolutely love this show but haven't watched it in forever, simply because I didn't have time to watch it. In fact, I first felt called my God to go to Haiti last year while watching an episode of this show. Anyways, there is a website that I often visit daily and it's called givesmehope.com. It's a really great website. People post inspiring and encouraging stories about things, events, or people who give them hope. It's great to read about things that you may be going through and see others post about it. It makes you feel as though you aren't alone in the world. It's sort of a website that is like postsecret.com.Well, while on this website I saw a GMH about a family who was on Extremem Makeover: Home Edition. This was a family who had 4 children, one of whom took his own life when he was only 11. He committed suicide because of bullying. While watching this episode, not only was I sobbing like a child, but the mother shared the story and showed such strength. You see a women who just lost her son about a year or two prior to this show, because of suicide. She tells the story of how he came home from school and seemed to be a little bit not himself, and then tells us how when she calls him for dinner, he doesn't respond, therefore leading her to go upstairs to see what was happening with him, only to find him hanging himself from the stairwell. Wow, I couldn't even imagine experiencing that, let alone telling the world about it.
Anyways, as the show goes on, like usual they get their vacation, and their new home, but the Makeover team does something super special. The begin a website in this little boys honour, and it's called "Stand Together". The whole point of this website is for people to go on it and take a pledge to stand together against bullying. You print out your number, take a picture with it and upload it to the website, to show that you are taking the pledge to stand together to end bullying.
I'm a huge advocate for stopping bullying. I was bullied as a child, and it's definitely not something that is fun. I am totally against it and it really breaks my heart to hear of stories like this one where people take their life because they couldn't handle the bullying anymore. After watching this show I am so ready to do more. I am ready to be a voice for the people who no longer have a voice. For the people who are too scared to stand up for themselves against bullying, and for the people who just don't care enough to stand up and stop bullying. I am going to become a voice for these people, and I took the pledge to stand together.
I printed out my numer, and as you can see from the picture, a lot of people have taken the pledge! I took the pledge last night, so I am sure that there has been A LOT more since I did it.
I want to challenge all of you readers(if any) to take the pledge, and stand together against bullying.
Print off your number, take a picture with it and then upload it to the website.
Take a stand against bullying and help to eliminate it and make a change in this world!
Peace.
Stephanie
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