Update On Missing Boy

Oh me, oh my, it's not looking good for this poor kid.

I am darn near speechless with rage.

This poor kid was placed in a home where it appears that he was an abused child. And nobody said anything, nobody noticed? Where the F* were the social workers? Where were his teachers? What the heck happened to the system that was supposed to protect this child?

Reports have come out saying that the parents first said that he was given back to the System. Then the story changed and he'd ran away. Etc, etc, etc. I don't know what's true and what's not, the media being the way that it is, but there is a little boy missing and I rather doubt that his adoptive parents are telling the truth at this point.

God rest his little soul.

And may God judge his adoptive parents. May they receive the punishment they richly deserve in both this life and the hereafter.

I don't usually go this far in condemnation, but (leaving in that shred of doubt) if the stories of the abuse this child suffered are true, then they deserve the worst that this world and the next can offer.

God rest your little soul, darling child.

And may God bless your siblings and give them peace in knowing that as children, there really wasn't any way to protect you. That was Social Services' job and they failed miserably...

Search Starts For Boy Missing For 10 Years

Yes, that's hard to believe, isn't it? The search STARTS for a boy that's been missing for 10 years!

I saw this on Yahoo and thought, WHAT???? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_us/missing_boy_search

This poor kid, Adam Herrman, was adopted by parents who failed to report him as missing?

Or is he long dead and no one noticed?

In either case, those "parents" need to be thoroughly investigated.

I believe that every child deserves a forever home, where the child can grow up SAFE and LOVED.

I understand that the authorities are treading carefully. They should be careful. Even though I am doubting the parents' story that the child was a chronic runaway, well, anything is possible. Better to carefully put together the case than to jump the gun and blow it like Mark Fuhrman did back in the day. Or falsely accuse the parents like in the JonBenet case.

But if these people harmed this boy, I'm praying that the truth comes out and they are punished to the full extent of the law.

Every child deserves a forever home. A home where the child can grow up SAFE and LOVED.

Not a home where they didn't even bother to report the child missing...

Some People Shouldn't Be Allowed To Have Kids

No, I'm not talking about eugenics.

Not hardly.

I'm talking about degenerate, evil people like this "mother".

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/23/Mother_accused_of_scarring_wimp_daughter/UPI-27681227463372/

This is absolutely horrifying.

To burn "WIMP" into your child's neck, with a cigarette?!?

Thank the Good Lord that a teacher saw the marks and reported it to CPS.

The child is safe now and "mom" is facing charges of felony child abuse.

I pray that this child is taken in by family or a good adoptive family and that the life she's led up to now becomes a faint memory, overlaid by many happy memories in her new home.

God only knows what else she has suffered.

Some people should not be allowed to have children.

All children deserve to be safe.

All children deserve forever homes.

And some people should not be allowed to have children...

November Is Adoption Month!

This is the time of year that we think about family, friends, loved ones.

Salvation Army will be ringing their bells, giving trees from various organizations will be appearing in the malls, stores, community centers.

You'll have many opportunities to give material things. But you know, in the end, that's just stuff. We have so much stuff clogging up our houses, our minds, our hearts. Isn't it time to give?

The question of the day is: Do you have an empty space in your heart, in your life, in your home? Is there room in your life to give a baby, a child, a teen, a forever home?

November is Adoption Month.

Now is the time, if you've ever thought about adoption, to go get hooked up with your local county offices. Seriously.

People think that adoption costs a lot of money. No, it doesn't. It can be darn near free.

If you choose to go through the county, you can do what's called foster/adopt. Basically, you get certified as a foster parent, then a child that may soon be available for adoption is placed in your home. When the child is available, you're first in line.

Yes, there are many hoops to jump through to do this, but think of this, while you and your family are having a lovely holiday season, children are being removed from their homes, never to return. Children who may have NEVER had a Christmas or Chanuka or Kwanzaa or other holiday celebration.

Some of these kids have never had a real home, a real family. They've been lost in the system for years, bounced from family to foster care, to family, back to foster care. That's no way for a child to grow up. All children deserve a safe place to grow up. All children deserve a forever home.

But think about it. What better gift to give a child, than hope and love and a forever family?

A few informative websites:
http://www.davethomasfoundation.org/
http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/
http://www.solanocounty.com/resources/Health&SocialServices/UPDATE/November07.pdf
http://relativechoices.blogs.nytimes.com/