Solo Mother

I’ve been pondering this one for a while. New York Times has an article about it. An eight year old boy shot and killed his father and a boarder, his father’s friend. Deliberately. One victim was found outside the house. One was found inside–upstairs, in a bedroom.
I have no answers. Seems there’s a surfeit of anger out there, these days. The KKK is in resurgence… in Long Island. Baby Peter is beaten to death. And an eight year old kills his father and his father’s friend.
The Arizona boy is facing two counts… of premeditated murder. What on earth is going …read more

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I don’t usually comment on the sensational headlines. But tonight, my head and heart keep screaming: WHY?
Why are all three of that single mother’s children dead?
If you know someone is overwhelmed and isn’t coping, you get her help. You don’t watch a woman with three children push an empty stroller down the street and simply assume it’s not your problem, it’s going to be okay, you don’t need to get involved. Ethically, we have an obligation to get involved, to watch out for men and women in trouble, to keep an eye on children and protect them, from …read more

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