Well, guess I have failed

• I am animal lover and get this - Confrontational with my child
  • Thinking of that dog outside all curled up for warmth, shivering, alone makes me so very sad. nm - Deb - love my faithful doggie
  • I'm shocked at the people who - Z
  • I am really sad about this - - catlady
  • Do they have a dog house? - kam (sm)
    • No and if I did that, she is the kind that - Confrontational with my child
      • hmmm, that is too bad... - kam (sm)
  • confrontational with my child - - freebie
  • because you're an animal lover....you will stay on this; so 2 pets don't get - along; she can put in separate rooms - nm
  • dog - ckj
    • Well, guess I have failed - Confrontational with my child
      • Stand your ground. Some day she will really "grow up" and - ma

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Yeah, I tried to attach pictures and I could never get it to work...someone has always bailed me out who knew how to do it.

You need an internet link to the picture--can't just directly upload from your own directory.  THEORETICALLY all you need to do is click on the little picture icon (if you hover over it with your mouse cursor it will say "insert picture") and simply insert the http address. 

Right now I just did it with my favoritest "photoshopped" picture of a baby skunk in my barn but it will probably show a red X because I can never seem to get it to work right.  (No preview button to verify if it worked before posting--always a bummer).

When all else fails, you can always ask admin.  

First, the facts.  My child has retinitis pigmentosa.  His vision is 20/200 without glasses and his best corrected vision is 20/70.  I have taken him to the specialists at the University of Michigan and the prognosis is not promising.  He is only 8 years old and I don't feel he needs to know the true extent of what his future might hold.  He inherited this through me, as my parents were both blind, and this is a congenital defect. 

He came home from school yesterday and informed me they were all tested by the Health Department with an eye exam, which, of course, he failed miserably.  He informed the technician that he could not see the chart, so she told him "just guess."  Then he was asked if his glasses were old, that he might need new ones, and he informed me that she would be sending me a letter stating he needs an official eye exam and new glasses.   

So, before I blew my top, I went to the school office this morning.  I asked to see my child's emergency contact sheet, which includes a section regarding existing medical conditions.  There it was, plain as day, stating all of his ophthamologic conditions.  I feel this information should have been checked by their staff before they administered and unnecessary test on my child.  I informed the principal that I did not want him subjected to any more visual testing (which they plan to repeat in two years).  They didn't seem to understand why I would not want this free testing.  I asked them if they would perform a hearing test on a child with a hearing aid -- then they finally got my point.  I think permission slips before testing might be appropriate. 

...that's why I gave up on Christianity.  Jesus' message was beautiful and loving for the most part, but the religion has become inundated with intolerance and condemnation and even damnation.  Religion world-wide is too much of a trigger for war and violence and I'm not sure how it got twisted into its present form(s).  Well, let me take that back -- it seems as long as there has been religion humans have been fighting and killing each other over it, which is a sad advertisement for a particular religion, unfortunately.

To quote from a favorite folksong, I'm willing to "let the mystery be."

and, if I had it to do over again, I would do exactly the same!  My youngest will be two in June, and my oldest has two of his own.  Yes, we have quite an age spread there.    Our 2-year-old is the joy of our lives.  One little laugh or even a smile from him, and everything else seems to pale in importance.  He's a great little de-stressor. 

As I have always told my children, "Friends come and go, but familes are forever."

been posted.  I got it as an email from someone.....It is really cute for Christmas...

Wagons East  Cat

You probably know it is a musical.  I loved the time period, etc. Yesterday I checked on the price of a the Sweeney Todd CD and can't wait to get it. I was very low in money, but just checking to see who had it. The song I was referring to is acutally "Not when I'm Around" sung by the young boy in the film. What a voice and what a beautiful song.  Let me know if you see it, Cat. I warn you . . . not for the faint of heart!    LOL. 

Keep up the great work.  My daughters are 19 and 23 but I had the same standards you have.  They did not get cell phones until high school, they could not wear tank tops that their bras would show.  They had curfews. My 19 year old still does when she comes home from college 1 a.m.  She hates it but I want to sleep at night.  I went to all of their activities even though I could have been doing my own thing because they were my children and that is what we are suppose to do.   That I always knew where they were, did not let them get involved with children that we knew the parents were drug addicts etc. They have recently told me that were glad that morals were instilled in them That they now know what is right and wrong because so many people they meet in college have parents who realy dont care and have no morals.

Someday your children will tell you they appreciate the way you brought them up.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

I stopped to get gas this afternoon. As I was about to walk out a man & his son walked over to me to say hello. The boy was a child I worked with a few years ago when he was in kindergarten. He is now in 3rd grade. He was always a very rough talking child, just like his parents. Always talking about kicking someones ar*e, & getting drunk, poppin a cap, stuff like that. He would push the other kids out of his way, grab things away from them, couldn't stay in his seat, very hyper as well. The parents put him on meds & that really calmed him down so he could focus on his work.

The Dad said hello, then the little boy looked at me & said "I got a hot dog & its in my underwear, you wanna see it"? I'm standing there stunned & the Dad laughs hysterically & then says " He's just like me ain't he"? The clerk was frozen in disbelief & so were several customers that were standing in line. I turned & walked out the door & as I was leaving I heard the Dad say to the boy, "you're somethin else Billy, thats a good one, I'm proud of you son".

What a foul mouth bunch of hillbillys they are. If one of my kids had said anything remotely like that their little mouths would be washed out with soap, they would have been made to apologize, & they would never do it again. I cannot believe that a Father would be proud of his son for talking dirty like that to an adult, especially a woman. Where in the world do these people come from?

xx