The tears were flowing Tuesday at the Sound Transit Station in Auburn.
Two sets of students – neither of whom had set eyes on the other until last week – were making an emotional departure from each other.
But it wasn’t all about being sad. They all knew that within a week, they’d be seeing each other again.
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The mood at the Kent Regional Library last month was upbeat, but on the brink of somber.
The participants filing into the library meeting room Oct. 24 were of both genders – although there were more women overall.
They came in business suits or slacks and sneakers, bearing keys to sports cars as well as old clunkers.
They may have differed in many ways, but that afternoon they had something in common.
A single focus.
The Domestic Abuse Women’s Network, also known as DAWN, had organized an official “Hour of Remembrance,” focused on drawing attention to the incomprehensible – someone dying at the hands of an intimate partner.
On paper, a recent trip to Japan by a delegation of local students might only have seemed like 10 days….
It was a typical day in a typical junior high school.
The students gathered around a piano in the music room were full of noise and energy. The tune on the piano was accompanied by giggling and laughter, and kids shoved good naturedly at one another.
It wasn’t until you actually listened to what was being said that you realized what was not typical.
