Kids & Germs

I've been saying this for years! Too much freaking sanitizing damages your health.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091209/ts_alt_afp/healthuschildrenheart

Painted on my Heart

Meet Ernest (13), Talauna (11), Carlita (7), and Demetrius (4), the newest members of the Devenport family. I don't want to get into to much detail, but these kids have essentially been abandoned by both of their parents. So here they are, living with my family, because my parents are noble like that.

I don't know how long they'll be staying with us. But they definitely show signs of needing a stable home. This whole experience has illustrated to me that the greatest tragedy of our superficial and selfish society is the children who grow up in broken families--who then grow up according to the example of their parents.

Children should not be subjected to the pain that results from the betrayal of their parents.

That's why it hurts me when Demetrius comes running up to me all excited because he saw his mom and she gave him a Transformer. . .

All I can think is "Kid, your mom is running away from you. The price of that toy seems to be the limit of her love."