Vicki Louie-Shek 石雷蕙莎

Entertainment & Lifestyle Nerd by passion. Publicist by trade. Executive Assistant aka Mommy to 2 M's.

[Vicki Louie-Shek 石雷蕙莎 @VickiL]

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[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

"I wanted to take a few minutes to share something incredible that happened today. This afternoon I picked up Andrew from school and we got on the metro headed home. We ride the metro everyday to and from school, so Andrew is used to it. It is usually about 45min to an hour depending on delays and what not, but as long I keep him occupied with his iPad or my phone he will sit patiently in our seat.

For those of you that don’t know, when you have a child with autism, your child will have some good days and then they will have some bad ones. Today was one of those bad days. Andrews biggest behavior problem (that he has been working on by learning calming strategies) is that sometimes when he gets upset, it will go two steps too far, and escalate into a full on meltdown/breakdown.

Today, Andrew was persistent on wanting to get out of the seat to stand in the middle of train while moving and running back and forth through it (which of course if he did he would fall). I kept trying everything to get him to sit, but he just wouldn’t (this fight went on for 20 min), that is when he his regular toddler tantrum turned into a meltdown, or what I call, the point of no return for him.

He started rolling on the floor, screaming, his shoe fell off and he flung it across the train, all while I’m on the floor trying to calm him down. Then he starts the kicking, hitting, pulling my hair while everyone in rush hour stares on the train, most thinking I was a bad parent who had an out of control child, even though really he can’t help it.

We got off at Gallery Place, one stop up from Metro Center where we change lines, still he doesn’t let up and it gets worse. Now we’re rolling around on the dirty station floor. He is covered in black dirt. I try picking him up but he continues to kick which now gets dirt on me. This goes on for about 15 minutes. Trust me this isn’t my first rodeo as a single parent, but sometimes it just gets the best of me. At this point I am crying out of pure frustration and feeling so sad that Andrew is being judged right now.

I panic as I see someone walking towards us, but it turns out to be a Metro Police Officer. As soon as he comes over Andrew freezes and stares while holding my hands, body mid air, feet stretched out on me, while I was standing. The officer asks me if I needed any help or if he could help by walking us out of station (since he saw how Andrew stopped when he came over) I explained the situation to him and how this wasn’t even our stop. He asked where I was going and I told him Ballston station (a solid 30 minutes from where we were). Without hesitation he said, “Okay I’ll come on the train”.

At this point I’m thinking he means like down the escalator to the train. He starts talking with Andrew and showing him all his gadgets. He then takes off his Velcro police badge from his vest and asks Andrew, “Can you be a police man with me and help me do police work on the train?” Of course Andrew says yes.
The officer ends up riding the metro THE ENTIRE train home with us!!! Whenever he got off he would hold Andrews hand and walk with him. He sat next to Andrew as he requested on the train, acted interested as he showed him silly videos, and he even made funny faces in the Instagram face filters when Andrew asked.
This officer COMPLETELY went out of his way to help Andrew. He honestly restored my faith that there are good people still left in the world.

To that officer, I truly can not say thank you enough for your inmesurable amount of kindness and for making Andrews day (probably his whole year). Throughout the whole ordeal I didn’t get his name, I think his vest said Officer D. Case. Washington Metropolitan Police Dept. please find him and give him a raise! He deserves to be recognized for his incredible kind gesture, and especially for letting Andrew keep the police badge. Thank you thank you!!👮🏼‍♂️💙🧩

Credit: Taylor Pomilla

[Carly Pildis @CarlyPildis]

My baby girl is 6 month old today. Everyday, I get notifications from daycare on what she is doing, how much she ate and napped, etc. Today, I got sent a photo of her in the park, holding a LGBTQ pride flag while being read a book celebrating Pride.

As a parent, I was thrilled.

[Looney Tunes @LooneyTunes]

Happy Pride, get your drag on 🌈

[Quasi-Citizen @EditrixLane]

@AshleyGWinter If baby clothes had power to influence the future, there would be a lot more professional baseball players, and a troubling number of princesses.

[Drew Comments @sjs856]

I been sayin masks have been perfectly safe for Asian adults and children for years. The second another certain demographic had to wear them we got delusions of losing freedom, harming childhood development claims, etc. That other demo made up science to justify their feelings

[Vicki Louie-Shek 石雷蕙莎 @VickiL]

@DianeP92315674 this is every groupme, remind, band, sportsYou, TeamSnap we have had to join. Don’t forget the lost water bottle msgs too…

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

Everyone knows that religion is declining, but what does that actually mean for a specific denomination?

I did a deep dive into the PCUSA to provide a sense of how fast their membership has dropped and when they may cease to exist.

Short🧵.

https://t.co/iCRu62L9r9

[Joseph Sakran @JosephSakran]

There is a video circulating that shows the bodies outside the mall from #allentx. It’s horrific to say the least.

As a Trauma Surgeon, we often are witness to the #AmericanCarnage that results from bullets on the human body.

Maybe Americans need to see the carnage.

[Vicki Louie-Shek 石雷蕙莎 @VickiL]

BokHee stuck through everything that hospital threw at them. Most people would’ve rage quit Seattle Death-Grace years ago

[I appreciate you. @DeeLaSheeArt]

This the real definition of getting to the bag. She been on every single season of Grey’s Anatomy just playing a scrub nurse. & She’s an actual scrub nurse irl! She has only had like 2 speaking lines the whole time. I know the bag heavy 😭

[Phil Yu @angryasianman]

Another year, more of the same. When survey respondents were asked to name a famous Asian American figure, top responses were:
Don't Know 26%
Jackie Chan 12%
Bruce Lee 6%
https://t.co/rMl2ZqkHhu

[Phil Yu @angryasianman]

"Despite corroborating statements confirming Mr. Perkins' use of anti-Asian, racist slurs such as 'chink' and 'ching chong' [AT STUDENTS, IN THE CLASSROOM]... the WSD investigator still found no grounds for a determination of harassment." https://t.co/TGqmbdB6y5

[🥀_ Imposter_🥀 @Imposter_Edits]

A group of mostly black friends and family were gathered to support their friends running in the Bost Marathon, at Mile 21 Newton, MA, When they got unexpected company. The local police surrounded the group, blocking them with their bicycles turned longways.

[Vicki Louie-Shek 石雷蕙莎 @VickiL]

.@jimshek uhm what happens to our queue that we haven’t finished yet??? How many dvds can we watch between now and September?

[DVD Netflix @dvdnetflix]

On September 29th, 2023, we will send out the last red envelope. It has been a true pleasure and honor to deliver movie nights to our wonderful members for 25 years. Thank you for being part of this incredible journey, including this final season of red envelopes.

[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

@notcapnamerica https://t.co/WL1Y4WVreK

[Vicki Louie-Shek 石雷蕙莎 @VickiL]

There needs to be more kindness in this world…and more music.

[Latif Nasser @latifnasser]

Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵

[Chris Tackett (aka See It Name It Fight It) @cjtackett]

They tell us “we don’t want these books in school libraries” and “people can get them at public libraries”

Then it’s “we don’t want them in public libraries” and “people can get them at book stores”

Now they are going after the book stores

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

A St. Petersburg elementary school has pulled a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges after a single parent complained "scenes of white people threatening Ruby as she entered a school might result in students learning that white people hate Black people." https://t.co/IRyt5E7e1S