April 20, 2010
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it was not that long ago
It was not that long ago I walked to school with out my parents to see me the whole way there.
It was not a short distance.
It was not that long ago that I would spend all day and most of the evening out playing in the neighbourhood, only going home for meals.
The neighbourhood was not small.
It was not that long ago school doors were left unlocked during all school hours.
I did not live in a small town.
It is not so today.
Today I accompany children all the way to school, wait outside the locked doors for the signal bell to ring and the teachers to come and get the children. Then I return at the end of the school day and accompany the children home, after they have been released from the locked doors of the school.
Today I am constantly checking on children as they play in their limited area of our neighbourhood.
Today is a scary place to live and it scares me to know what could be lurking out there.
