Dear Bully

Dear Bully,

Let me start by telling you that I love you.. I love you when you don't love yourself. I would love to hug you and tell you that Jesus loves you, too! But you would only knock me down and call me a loser. I would like to tell you what a beautiful smile you have and how smart and witty you really are. But, you would only call me ugly and stupid. I dream about playing with you on the playground and wake so excited, thinking TODAY just might be different..But it never is.

I don't like it when you tell my cousin not to play with me because I am different. We are all different. But we all have hearts. And hearts break and tears fall. The words you so hatefully spew out of your mouth make you look ugly. And they hurt. They hurt so, so bad. You make my life miserable. You make me not want to eat my lunch, because if I eat, I might throw up, and you would only laugh. You make me hide behind the jungle gym in fear you might see me. You tell my friends I'm stupid and not to play with me.

 I wonder who did the same to you. I wonder if it's your mom who tells you that you are stupid, or if it's your dad that tells you your ugly. I wonder what your life would be like if you didn't have me to bully. I wonder if you would find someone else to put down. It makes me so sad knowing you don't love me like I love you. And when my mom told me to knock you out, I simply told her, "No mom, that's not the right thing to do, Jesus wants me to love them anyways."

Love,

Me

P.S.   Moms, these are real statements from a 5 year old. Let's do our very best to teach our children to love each other. To look for the good in others instead of our differences.