Parental Neglect - Gone Too Far

For days before Danieal Kelly died in a fetid, airless room — made stifling hot by a midsummer heat wave — the bedridden teenager begged for something to drink until she could muster only one word: water.

Unable to help herself because of her cerebral palsy, she wasted away from malnutrition and maggot-infested bedsores that ate her flesh. She died alone on a putrid mattress in her mother’s home, the floor covered in feces. She was 14 but weighed just 42 pounds.

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As a mother, I am terribly disgusted by this. How could anyone do this to their own child? The sad thing is, a lot of outside people knew about how this child was dying and did absolutely nothing about it. Some people don’t deserve to be parents. If you feel that you are unable to take care of or provide for a child, then you need to give someone else a chance who would be a great parent. By this I mean adoption. I don’t even really know what to say except that I hope the parents of this child and the contributing parties do some time.

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Actions And Reactions.

Sometimes I wonder what types of reactions people display from certain actions that take place. I’ve always been a curious person and with that being said, sometimes I may say things to people to receive a reaction. I’m never looking for a specific reaction more or less but just something that I can register into my brain and correlate with something else that I may think or wonder about that person. Sometimes I even do this to get certain truths out of people if I feel as though they are being dishonest. Some may label this as “mind games”, but I simply think it’s psychology and I’m more than sure I’m not the only one who does it.

Not everything that someone tells you or you hear is the absolute truth or what is really going on, more or less. Sometimes things people say have a deeper meaning. I guess that’s when you have to think outside the box and come to some conclusions as to what these things mean. I call this reading people. If you’re naturally inquisitive, you have done this more times in your life than you can probably count. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it as long as you don’t start to spill these thoughts to that said person and turn out to be incorrect, which in turn may be offensive to whoever it is that you call yourself analyzing. That’s when you dig deeper and ask more questions to see what else you can pick out from that person.

These are some of the things that I think about and sometimes I believe I may think about certain things a little too much. However, I’m always thirsty for knowledge no matter where it comes from. It’s not even something that is done on purpose, I’m just naturally curious about people and life in general. A while back I wrote a piece containing details of my daily routine. You may view it here. At some point in this entry, I described the thoughts that were going through my head as I encountered/passed by certain people. Have you ever looked at someone and wondered some things about them? I know that I do all of the time. My mind is usually racing.

If any of you haven’t noticed, which I am quite sure you may have, I have reverted back to an old theme that I created based off of livejournal’s component theme. I absolutely adore it and I’m going to leave it up for some time. I may even change the colors sometime in the future depending on how I feel, who knows. I added a couple of other bits here and there that you may or not notice and I’m still adding more things.

Edit: Verizon pretty much sucks. There was a phone outage in my area and they were supposed to fix the problem. The next day, my phone was working again. Or least I thought. Come to find out, they had made some repairs and now there are swapped phone lines on my street. I’m receiving calls for someone else and most likely, someone’s receiving calls for my line. When I make a call, people have told me that a whole different number comes up. What’s more is, the line hasn’t been stable at all. It’s been in and out. This all happened on Thursday the 24th of July. I called them on Friday and was told that they wouldn’t have anyone out to make repairs until Tuesday, which is tomorrow, the 29th of July. Now, suppose I hadn’t paid my phone bill. They would NOT have taken 5 days to come to turn it off. My phone would have been cut off ASAP. Needless to say, I’m considering switching services.

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Relaxation.

*07.22.08: Happy Birthday to Jane and Terin!
*07.22.08: I’ve imported my old posts.

Lately I’ve had more time at home and to relax and such (long story). I will reveal all of this information at a later date in a private post. So if you haven’t registered for my website, feel free to do so.

To backtrack on some things, I’ve always been a very hardworking person. I started taking care of siblings at 19 years of age and I’ve never really had a break since then. They are grown now and still depend on me to an extent for many things. After all, I am the eldest of the three of us. It’s been a tough journey for me and sometimes I feel as if there isn’t really anyone who can relate to me. After all, how many people can survive the mental stress of having to take care of siblings at the age of 19? Don’t ask me how I did it. All I know is, as a sister, I felt as if it was my duty being as though we had just lost our mother. I sure as hell wouldn’t have seen them into foster care, that’s for sure. My baby sister would have been in foster care for a good 4 years because she was 14 at the time and the middle sister would have only been there for a short time. Either way, it was something I wasn’t willing to allow to happen, so I did my part.

So after all this time I’ve finally gotten a break. It feels great to be quite honest. In the meantime, I have found ways to busy myself, besides napping of course. I have joined some social websites and I have been blogging on my livejournal. Some of the time, I’m either reading, watching movies, chatting with buddies or playing around a bit in Photoshop. To some this may prove to be quite boring, but it’s entertainment for me considering I hadn’t had any time to really do any of this before. Feel free to add me to any social sites that you are a member of. You may suggest some to me as well. I’m always open to exploring new websites.

Before I forget, I was considering importing my old posts from when I blogged on intricate-life. I’m not sure if it’s something I want to do. So, I would appreciate feedback on this. :smile:

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