I listen to Fox News all day. I have no choice. I work in a receptionist area with a television and the branch manager wants it on Fox News. So... I am probably more up on all things news worthy than I have ever been in my life. And there is a story that's been out there for 2 months now that I just have to vent about. And don't worry, it's NOT political.
It's this whole Casey/Caylee Anthony issue. I'm usually a pretty calm person, but I want to take this lady and shake the crap out of her. She KNOWS what happened to her child. If she didn't, every single time we saw her she would be weeping and begging to anyone who will listen to please help her find her baby. Just wearing a t-shirt doesn't cut it. She knows... and she won't tell. I tend to lean toward the theory that Caylee was accidentally killed, and Casey freaked. But it's time to admit what happened and let that little girl be put to rest properly, and face the music. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In a related note, Essie scared me to death this morning. I'm not sure if you all know, but my greatest fear is something happening to one of my girls in the middle of the night - specifically someone kidnapping them (do you remember Danielle Van Dam - she was a little girl taken from her bedroom in San Diego and killed? We lived not far from them when that happened and it really shook me).
So this morning I woke up, checked online for some information, then stopped by the girls' room to turn on the light to start the wake up process. Gert was laying side-ways in her bed and Essie... wasn't there. I thought maybe she had climbed in my bed while I was checking the computer? No... not there. Okay, maybe she was going potty... checked both bathrooms, no Essie. I couldn't imagine I had been in the living room and not noticed she was on the couch, but I went out to check. No Essie. My heart was starting to pound at this point. I went back to their room - perhaps she had fallen out of bed and went back to sleep on the floor (wouldn't be the first time)... nope... no Essie. By this time I'm completely freaking out. I'm calling out her name and waking Gert up, demanding her help... checking rooms over and over... mentally preparing my 911 phone call... did she run away because I wouldn't let her play Poptropica past her bedtime?? I went back in my room, and went around to the other side of my bed. And there, on my floor, under her Veggie Tales quilt, is Essie. Completely oblivious to the condition of her mother.... I fell down on her, hugging her (I'm sure waking up to THAT was a little odd for her) and told her (in CLASSIC nonsensical mother speak) "DON'T EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!"
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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Seriously--I never knew how irrational I could be until I became a mom.
Your sister works for MIT! How cool--I went and found her. Tell her hi and great job for me! :-)
I agree, that woman needs to live up to what she did...so sad!
Glad your baby was ok. :D
Oh geez, Beth I swear I have lived through that with every single one of my children and every time I freaked just like the first time. I can completely relate. My kids would always wander into our room in the middle of the night and lay down on the floor on my side of the bed. If I'd wake and they weren't there I'd go check on them. Each and every kiddo has done the same exact thing, and I followed your reaction to a T every time. And every....single....time I found them in the same place. Underneath our bed. But even after the 2nd kiddo did it that just didn't jump into my head to look under my bed first!!
I agree with you on that news story. I won't even watch coverage of her if I don't have to. Sad, sad, sad.
I hate those frantic heart attack moments. Glad you found her all snuggly safe.
I agree with your vent .. it makes me very angry.
Your Essie moment had me freaked as well. I know that feeling .. I sometimes wake in the middle of the night with this overpowering need to make sure my girls are breathing.
And Essie is thinking Do what?
I don't watch the news it's too depressing. Love ya though.
What a SCAREY MORNING for you!!
And I'm with you I want to take that MOTHER?????Casey for a LONG LONG car ride to no where, bury her and drive off.
SHAKING the shit out of her would be helpfull also!!!!
- Jennifer
I don't wacth Fox news...I read the newspaper every morning and Watch PBS news hour with Jim Leher...that way I am not bombarded with junk news! Not to say this isn't important ...it is ...I just perfer not to get too emotional about something I have no control over! My brother is a homicide detective and my Dad is a retired Deputy who handled the very bad cases! I choose to be careful about what I dwell on...or I would go crazy! Most people are good and are good parents...These stations play the story over and over and over...it's not good for anyone!
BTW...I am so glad your child was okay...that's why I can't watch that stuff 24/7...I would be a nut ball again!
LOL I can just see her response...mom? what are you doing? hahaha
I think that unfortunately we all have a moment like this. I have had at least 2 where I was sure Hayden was gone.
it sucks and it always amazes how fast your emotions can go from so glad you found them to so angry that they were hinding from you.
My heart was punding with the search for Essie.
I'm glad you found her.
As for Casey and Caylee.
The whole thing makes me sick.
It makes my heart ache.
She is a liar.
There is nothing scarier for me than to realize my child is gone--or at least I think they are.
I think she knows, too. So awful.
I never knew fear till I became a mother...
I found ya on blog around the world...you have a lovely blog!
The search for Caylee really pisses me off too. Whatever or whoever she is protecting, it isn't as important as finding the little girl: dead or alive...period.
I am so glad that you found your little girl. I would still be sucking oxygen!
I just can't believe her parents are sticking up for her. Her father was a cop you know! Grrrrrr. She had the most haunting eyes.
I find my girls sleeping in the closet sometimes and under the bed. But the worst was when I lived in a bad neighborhood and walked into Cheyenne's room. She was on the top bunk and it was close to a window. She was just laying there with blood all over. I thought she had been shot. Turns out it was a nose bleed. She had slept thru it and it was all down her and the bed.
Don't even get me started on this case. So many lies, so many
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I agree with you, I think she knows exactly what happened to her daughter. And there is nothing more frightening than thinking your child is gone. I had that happen this summer at a local festival, I could start to feel my self just losing it. Thankfully, she was with her dad and I had just missed seeing them.
That story has ripped out my Heart. I do not understand it!
OMG....Sorry YOUR MORNING started out like that!
I'm another outraged by that mother and everyone who is sticking up for her. It's just sick!
My heart was racing as I read about your morning. I had an incident like that last school year. And of course, I found her sound asleep, snuggled in her brothers bed underneath all his blankets. Ugh!
What a heart-stopping few minutes when you can't find your child. Always good for a few more grey hairs!
I haven't been following the Casey story. I'm like Ronda, I stay as far away from the news as I can.
I'm glad she was okay.
I can't imagine what that is like with a child. Every now and then I come home from work and can't find my dog because she's laying asleep in some obscure corner of the yard... I FREAK OUT! Serious heart-pounding-out-of-chest action. I'm sure with a child it's about thirty bajillion times worse. Just thinking about it gets me all hot and bothered... WHEW!
Don't do that Essie!
Just talked to a friend about that very news story today! It irks the hell out of both of us that she is NOT fessing up!!! GRRR
AND OMG...I think we've all had one of THOSE moments with our kids! YIKES!
I am with you about Casey Anthony. How sad to let all these good people go out and spend their time and money searching for a child that she knows is dead! And her own mother is psychotic!!! I want so bad to know what happened to that beautiful little girl. I do think the police know way more than we do and that they will nail Casey soon.
I'm so sorry Essie scared you that way!!! I would have panicked!! I'm glad she was right there under your nose!
OMG.....being a mom has made me turn gray!!! I worry about everything! The worrying will never stop...will it?
We live in FL so we hear a lot about the Casey/Caylee case (in fact, the princess named one of her dolls Caylee!). The whole situation is sickening and I think Casey's parents need to just SHUT their mouths!
I hate those frantic moments like you had this morning, they're the worst!
I'm with you on the Caycee story. So sad and that young mother is delusional if she thinks she's going to get away with it.
And my oldest pulled a disappearing act on me a few months back. Took 10 years off my life. Somehow, I don't think our moms worried about us the way we worry about our kids.
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