I was invited to speak at the West Kildonan Collegiate today. I spoke to 4 separate groups. The kids were so attentive and riveted at TJ's Story. When I got home, I was absolutely worn out. I jumped into the hot tub, and virtually passed out. Then my iPhone started buzzing and didn't stop all night. 35 kids added me to Facebook, and I was carrying on 3-4 live conversations at the same time. The comments that were made were incredible.
These kids were telling me that their friends or themselves were stopping drugs as of that day. They told me of friends that were thinking of becoming a drug dealer, and now they had the power to stop their friends going down that road. One student approached me in the hallway and told me that he "was doing a lot of shit" and after hearing TJ's story, we was rethinking what he was doing. That takes a lot of guts to come up to me and admit that. I heard stories of students parents doing drugs and asked how they could help them stop. I just about cried along with them.
The story changes every time I tell it, as it is such a big story. Some of the kids attended more than one session, and when they left, they commented, "Am I ever glad I came back to hear it again! Thank you!" As I left the school, so many kids commented to me about the sessions.
I'm going back on Friday to speak to another large group.
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