And I am not talking about mentally handicapped people. I am talking about people that JUST DON'T FRICKING GET IT. If you are lookin for a happy go lucky blog, this won't be it. I'm just sayin.
So today has been full of idiots. First off, I turn on G00d M0rning America and one of the stories was about a "Legal Man is with child". Along with the teasers, pictures of a pregnant "man". Ok, so as the commercials roll, I try to figure this out. Honestly, what I was thinking is "Why can't it be my husband? We'd be millionaires!" Then the story comes on. Yeah. Not a man. It's a woman that had a sex change, but kept her uterus. Then, the partner had to have a hysterectomy and now "he" is carrying the baby. LEGALLY, "he" is a man. BUT MEN DON'T HAVE A UTERUS!!!!! And you can't tell me that this wasn't a plan years in the making. These people knew exactly what they were doing. And to top it all off, in an interview with this couple (I think the interview will be on D@teline tonight), the "man" says that he is "afraid for their safety now that the news is out". REALLY?!?! Hey dumb***!!!!!.... MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT!!!!!
THEN..... a little closer to home (Across the backyard to be exact), there is this gal I babysit for. In their home, I am sad to say, there is nothing but TONS of drama. And this isn't just "Yo mama" drama. This is serious crap with the involvement of children. Several children. Four to be exact (one is technically a teen). This mom is living with her mom. The grandma's boyfriend also lives with them. Also, there is the mom of the kids I watch's two brothers, one is 15 and one is 9. The kids I watch are 2 and 4. Are you keeping track? That's 7 people in a house that is exactly like mine. This mom I sit for went off to boot camp in October. The dad of the kids (her husband) ended up getting caught in the act with another girl while she was gone. So, the mom ended up fracturing her hip in basics and got a medical discharge because she couldn't complete training. Whatever. So now she comes home and is filing for divorce, thus why they are living with the grandma. Ok, so yesterday, she has me watch the kids. (She only works part time now.) No big deal. Until she comes home 3 hours later WITH A MAN SHE JUST DROVE TO OMAHA TO PICK UP FROM THE AIRPORT. He got a one way ticket from CA to NE to live with her. (making the total in the house 8) She doesn't even know this man (they met in line for paperwork at boot camp and started talking online two weeks ago)and the minute they walk in the door, she can't understand why neither of her kids will look at him or tell them they love him and why they don't want to go home with them, they want to stay here!!! And THEN, this morning, I had no idea if I was to have them today or not because she never got back to me last night like she said she would to tell me if she worked. So I called for over an hour to see what was going on. No answer. Then, as I was in the shower and getting ready to go to see one of Addison's assemblies, she shows up and drops the kids off and says she will be home at 4. Fine. But then 5 minutes later, the little boy comes in to me and says, "Mommy says I am eating here". WHAT?!?!? IT WAS 10:30!!!!! All of the other kids had been done eating for two hours!!!!
I honestly don't know how much more of this I can take. I watch these poor kids go through this crap every day. And there is nothing I can do, other than give them a stable place to be during the day. But does it really do any good? They will still pry become hoodlems just like the rest of their family (the 15 year old is looking at time in Jouvie, and another brother is a ward of the state and has been the last 5 years). I am trying not to lose faith, but I have to tell you..... It's gonna kill me.
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Pray, pray, pray.
I heard a story once about a guy that shot up a diner one morning. The interviewed him and asked him why he did not do it the day before (a staff member recognized him). He said that the waitress was so nice, he decided to not do it that day.
Geh, it quit on me. the moral of the story is:
Everything can make a difference, no matter how small it is. You do good work.
Its tough to hear about and tough to read about these types of things. Keep being a good example and like OM says, pray, pray, pray.
I've always thought that if we had to 1)pass classes to have children or 2)the people around us had to vote to see if we should be allowed to have children, most of us wouldn't have kids.
It takes a village. We are the world!
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