[Magdalen] He whose name must not be mentioned

[sally.davies at gmail.com]

I like being a snowflake and think it's cool to claim this identity
especially after John Pavlovitz wrote so perceptively about avalanches.

One snowflake may be fragile, as we all are whether we acknowledge it or
not - but an avalanche of snowflakes is not something to be in the way of.



Sally D, personally knowing very little of snow


On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 at 6:43 PM Louise Laughton <llaug at twcny.rr.com> wrote:

> Maybe it’s my almost 80 years of life on this planet, but I’m not up to
> much more ugly political turmoil (as if any of us has a choice). The
> “sanctified snowflakes” crack reflects a trope common when my now
> college-students grandchildren were younger. Some parents referred to other
> people’s children who’d been brought up to consider themselves ever so
> special, lovely and fragile as “snowflakes,” based on the common assumption
> that every snowflake is different even though each is lovely and can’t
> withstand rough handling.