Afterthoughts

                                                JT and Alan Westbrook set free in Heaven.                              There are times, we can no longer stand by and watch  a person being bullied.  As a fourth grader, that is the way my youngest son felt when riding the bus home from school.  In the process of taking up for a small boy being bullied, he broke his hand.  Two days later, on the same bus, an older and bigger boy started harassing my son.  Several times he asked him to stop to no avail.  When he didn't quit, my son lifted his arm and hit him on top of his head with the cast he had recently acquired.  Even though he cracked the plaster, his hand suffered no further damage.  From that day on, there was peace on the bus.  Perhaps the words of President Theodore Roosevelt, "Speak softly and carry a big stick,"  is not only meant for a country but for an individual as well.    Set Free Long ago a man lived with a soft demeanor. His voice projected low, for he wasn