Children's Safety Should be First

I have to admit I have made my mistakes in parenting. We all have made mistakes with our children.

But when I read about parents leaving their underage children alone or forgetting them in the car makes me upset.

I admit I forgot my child once, at school. That day was in service day she got off early. I was going to pick her up. But for some reason some time during the day it slipped my mind and I was thinking I would get her at usual time. About 30 minutes after the early dismissal the school called me and once I heard their voice, my memory came back to me. "HOLY SH-T! I forgot!" I got to school in record time and she was crying. She was mad at me for days and has not totally let me forget it to this day. I felt so awful. However, she was safe and that is the ONLY time I 'forgot" about her.

I can understand being absentminded. But when a parent just leaves a child in the car to make one minute stops at a store or go party or whatever they wanna do makes me infuriated. My first question is "What the hell were they thinking?"

I have witnessed my upstairs neighbor leave their child in the car for 20 minutes. The car is on so I assume the air conditioner is on but WTH? I have thought about calling the cops once or twice.

A mother in Louisiana was charged with four counts of negligent homicide for leaving her 2,5,7 and 8 year old children at home and their home caught fire. This is one of many similar tragedies that happen every day somewheres.

I just read about a mother who had been smoking marijuana who had put her child in the car seat on top of her car, forgot about it and took off. Luckily the child is not harmed.

But as I read this stories and think, again, "What the hell is going through their minds?"

I think, when my BabyGirl was a baby I never left her in the car. And it took me more time and energy to get her in and out of the car than some because of my cerebral palsy and other health issues. All of you parents with cerebral palsy know what I am talking about.

It just seems more innocent lives are being taken or threatened due to negligent parents or just pure ignorance, maybe?

I am sure "It'll never happen to mine" goes through their minds. It is sad their wake-up call is losing these precious gifts.

Some may say losing them is punishment enough. But I don't know.

Children are depending on their parents. They are trusting us to keep them safe and take care of them. Children's safety should be first and foremost.

Pictures

I was sifting through some pics and I found a few I thought was worth sharing.  .

It was a homemade gift from My BabyGirl the same year my marriage ended with her father. She told me the horses reminded her of her and I in the world together.I have it on my dresser drawer right in front of my bed so it will be the last thing I see and think about at night but shhh..she doesn't know that LOL.

My BabyGirl and I at graduation 2010. We both changed since then. Oh and my dad is in the back laughing. I was crying and laughing that day because I was damn proud! God answered 17 years of  my prayers giving me the honor to see her graduate from high school. Now she says I need to pray to live until she graduates college. I told her we couldn't be too greedy but I don't plan on going anywhere.

My mom and great nephew, Andrew taken recently for my hometown's newspaper.

My dad gave me this figurine AGES ago. It was missing for many years and then I found it and I lost it and I found it again. I put it showcased on my living room window sill so I won't lose it again. He said it reminded him of me because I sat like that all the time except my ankles would cross over my knees. Weird position but what can I say? It was comfortable. It has a bunch of 'bump and bruises", typical me :).

I realized today that I RARELY can take a pic of my sister LOOKING at me. It's blurry because she was probably moving trying to hide. She is always hiding I realized after looking for one of her. Of course the one sticking her tongue is my MyBabyGIrl acting like herself as usual...and I wouldn't want it any other way.

That's bits and pieces of my life! Thanks for stopping by!