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My Life Thus Far
The Most Disturbing Story
I heared the most disturbing story on the news this
evening. A Navy wife abandoned her 18 month old daughter
and 3 year old son in their home (in military housing) for
3 days. That's bad enough, but the worst part was that the
baby was sick. She had a 105 degree temperature. The woman
gave the baby some Tylenol, then left the 2 children alone
for 3 days while she stayed with a friend a few doors
down. When she came back the baby was dead, so she stuffed
her little body into a cardboard box and left her on the
front porch for a month. Her husband came home a few days
ago. He was deployed on the USS Maine (a submarine)and
asked were the baby was at. She told him what happened and
explained how she died. Then, instead of him calling the
police, they ate dinner, had sex, went to bed and he
waited until the next morning to call base police. Her
reason for neglecting the children and subsequently
causing the baby's death was because she was suffering
from DEPRESSION, because he'd left her alone for 2 months
and she had to leave her family behind in Georgia. She
didn't take the baby to Naval Hospital (which was less
than a mile from her house. She could have walked her
there) because she didn't want the doctors to notice that
she wasn't taking care of her children. Hearing her story
sounds very familiar. It hits close to home, literally (it
happened right in Jackson Park (where Annie's daycare is)
and figuratively. Being alone with 2 small children is
hard, but she could have found SOMEONE to help her if she
felt she was that ill. Hearing this has seriously made me
re-evaluate my own mental state. I think I'm doing great
in comparison to her. I wouldn't in a million years take
out my unhappiness on my children. She's more than just
depressed. She's deranged.
Even though this is a horrendous occurance, I'm not going
to let it get me down. Since I found out Kiki's got a spot
at the child development center, my spirits have picked up
immensely. I'll be able to have a little time to myself at
the gym every morning, I'll be able to do rewarding work
(taking care of people's teeth is rewarding, kinda) and I
won't be couped up in the house all day. I'm looking
forward to January!
Well, I'm going to go clean the kitchen and find something
to entertain myself with. I'm having a very overpowering
urge to binge on cookies and I don't want to do it. I'm
going to find something to do until the craving passes.
Ciao!
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