I can't escape the fires

Without even looking for it, I stumbled across a particularly sickening news item today. I don't know how I've missed the story until now, I guess it just hasn't received much play in the local, southeastern Michigan news media because it happened on the west side of the state. I can't even put words to the upset feeling I got when I read the news story about "16 year old Calista Springer who died Feb. 27 in a fire in her family's Centreville home while she was chained to her bed." Apparently, Miss. Springer was a "special needs child" who needed to be "chained" for her own "safety" according to her father. Again, I can't find the article I read originally, but this. makes. me. sick!

They grow up so fast

I know it's such a cliche, but it is a milestone worth documenting. Today, I dropped off the registration packet to enroll R in kindergarten for next year. It was not without its own little drama, because, honestly, it wouldn't be my life if there wasn't a problem. Fortunately, it was easily resolved with 2 phone calls.

So many posts, so little time

My goal when I vowed last month to revive my blog was to try to post something, anything, every day. Honestly, I have written a post just about every day, but I have not published them, yet. I have found that my posts start out pretty strong, but are weak at the end. I know that this is just a personal journal that noone else is reading, but in case anyone every stumbles upon this blog, I would like to at least have a point at the end of my posts. I also know that I don't need to make profound pronouncements in each and every post, but still, I'm having trouble tying everything together at the end of my posts. I guess I just need to get over it, and start publishing.