Note to self 20 years ago....

Break up with your boyfriend..........you don't need a boy/man there are other ways to fix that...move with your mom.......find Jesus.....study hard and travel as often as you can....do not i repeat do not move to Florida, if you do stay away from that bartender...if a guy plays hard to get, don't get him there is a reason he is playing that way...focus on developing your brain not your breasts they never really develop, you will be glad when you figure out how gravity works. If you think you know what hard work is, go work on a farm for a year. Quit trying to please people.....

Child Protective Services should be called Parent Protective Services

I have decided to right my frustrations on this blog over Child Protective Services. I feel that there is a serious error, loop hole, or major link missing in our system. About a month ago, a 3 year old girl, who spent only 8 months out of her life with her mother, was killed by her mother's boyfriend. How is a girl returned to an environment that is proven to be dangerous? Please understand, I am not attacking those that work for Child Protective Services, only the laws that surround the system. I don't understand how a mother can have 3 other children taken from her and go to the hospital have another child and have no one to watch after that child. What is going on in the system that we cannot have something set up to watch for this? I know the laws are there to protect those that are good parents so that people cannot falsely accuse, but those that have nothing to hide will be able to prove they have nothing to hide. Those that do have something to hide will hide.....is it that we have no laws set up correctly or that our funding goes to support those that do nothing to improve the quality of their children's lives?!

Kayaking

Kayaking is freedom to me. Freedom from the pressures of the world. Freedom to be alone with God. I cannot wait to buy a kayak and find places to kayak. I hope when my kids are older that we can kayak together. One day to kayak with orcas, how awesome that would be. I love the word. It seems to be the only word I can type and in the middle of winter, I dream of this word becoming a reality for me. I do not have incredible places to tell where I have kayaked, but someday..........