Can't get this off my mind
After seeing this story last week on the news about the double homicide in Marshfield, it really got me thinking, how can a mother expose her children to this type of person. As a mother, my concerns are: is Jordan eating enough healthy foods, is he getting enough sleep, am I spending enough time with him, let alone am I exposing him to such violent behaviour. I feel so bad for what these kids had to see. I had to do some preproduction for this particular story and I had to pull a line from the affidavit that read:
HER 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AUTUMN ROGERS WAS IN THE ROOM AT THE TIME AND WAS SHOT IN THE FOOT. ACCORDING TO A SWORN AFFIDAVIT--
"AUTUMN SAID SHE SAW RICHARD SHOOT HER MOMMY AND THEN HE SHOT HER IN THE FOOT...AUTUMN SAID RICHARD SHOT HER MOMMY NOW THEY HAVE TO BURY HER."
And as I just re-typed that the chills once again...down my spine. These children are scarred for life, I'm afraid. And although I don't know the whole story and what the background is and I know I shouldn't judge, oh but it just upsets me by what some mother's have to go through and what their children have to go though.
3 comments:
Boy, do I agree with your latest blog. The things that some children are subjected to are appalling.
As your friend Kelli's Mom,I thank God for the values I was raised by and therefore, that's how my kids were raised. I was a Ward of the State of Maine for the first three years of my life and then was adopted into a wonderful, loving home. Had that not happened, I dread to think how my life would have been.
I searched many years ago and found out about my birth family.. that is another whole story in itself. I was so lucky to grow up in the family I did and not my birth family. I have brothers and sisters who did not fare as well.
You are always wondering if you are doing the right things with Jordon. I think you are a great Mom. I love reading about both of you. Keep up the good work.
Brenda
This is so sad. It does make me thankful for the upbringing I had and the upbringing my children are getting.
Nice to find a fellow maine mom!
Stories like this lead me to the couch for a long snuggle with the Punks.
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