I am the Glue

There was a video posted on You Tube that the co-founders of Interracial Family Organization found and started commenting on. It was posted by a biracial woman, and it is her views on Interracial Relationships and racism. I will provide the link to the original video, but if you watch my response, you'll figure out what was said.

Interracial Relations, I'm Not So Down Anymore

My response-

Hey, hey, hey!

I have successfully survived Thanksgiving. I did my best impersonation of Martha Stewart and paid dearly for that. I set my expectation high for myself to pull off a perfect and memorable holiday, and I almost kill myself in the process. It turned out wonderful though. The house looked beautiful, the food was amazing, and my husband did help (after a lot of prodding) with the massive clean up effort.

Our 18 year old daughter (who is in her 'You don't make me happy enough' phase) chose to spend the holiday with her mother. My 22 year old called exactly the food was hitting the table and we had guests, and asked if we could come pick him up, about 30mins away. I had no problem saying 'Umm...no'. I had talk to him a week ago and told him to let me know if we needed to come get him. He never called. He and his girlfriend had already Thanksgiving at a couple of places, so it's not like they missed out. We will plan to have them over for dinner another time.

I passed out (after a lovely glass of wine) at 8pm from rushing around and standing on my feet all day. I was completely drained. I hope our children appreciate it and have fond memories of their holidays at home. I don't have those, so I want them to have great stories to tell.

Two holidays and four birthdays down!!
Two more major holidays and 5 more birthdays to go through March.

This is what keeps me up at night.

New York (CNN) -- A 13-year-old teenager with Asperger's syndrome spent 11 days in October wandering New York's vast subway system until a police officer recognized him from a missing persons' poster, according to police and the youth's mother.

Francisco Hernandez Jr., who has Asperger's, a developmental disorder that affects the ability to socialize and communicate, disappeared on October 15, after he thought he was in trouble at school, according to his mother, Marsiela Garcia of Brooklyn.

Garcia told CNN that she contacted police when her son went missing, but received little help.

Garcia said she and her husband took matters into their own hands and posted signs and fliers around the neighborhood, in public areas, even in the subway. "Nobody told me nothing," she said.

The teen was eventually identified by a transit police officer in the Coney Island section of New York, after the officer recognized him from the fliers that had been posted throughout the subway system. He was returned home unharmed.

Garcia said her son wore the same clothes for 11 days, slept in subway cars, used bathrooms in stations and spent most of his time over those days underground. He had $11 when he disappeared, she said, and he ate lollipops, potato chips and other food he bought in subway stations.

Francisco told his mother he didn't ask for help or communicate with anyone, which experts say is not uncommon for people with Asperger's syndrome.

The New York City Police Department originally treated her son's case as that of a runaway, Garcia said. After five days, the police department's missing persons unit paid her a visit and gave her advice on where to look, she said.

Garcia, 38, a housekeeper who came to the United States from Mexico 16 years ago, said she became so frustrated that she turned to the Mexican consulate in New York for help, and she said the consulate again contacted police.

The youth spoke briefly to CNN, saying that a transit officer approached him and asked whether he was the boy on the missing persons posters. "I just said that I'm Francisco and that's it. I just went with him," the teen said.

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was asked about police actions in the case on Tuesday, during a news conference on other, unrelated subjects. He said police "waited for a few days, because obviously (the missing persons unit) would be overwhelmed if we took every report of a young teenager not home."

Kelly said proper protocol was followed.

"I believe that all appropriate action was taken to find this young man," Kelly told reporters.