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[threeplusfire]

I think I have been at work too much when I find myself looking at a man and child coming out of a store and wondering if he's the stepfather and if he's abusing her and a million other grim sorts of things. It just doesn't occur to me that they are ordinary people not involved in some twisted dynamic. Maybe it was the large number of sexual abuse calls my trainees took today, or the girl who had four child deaths in one week. Or the four year old who got ahold of Daddy's gun and shot his two year old sister in the mouth. Like no one has ever heard of a safety or not keeping the gun loaded or just keeping it somewhere a damned four year old couldn't reach. Jesus wept.

I'm home though, and I plan to maybe not leave my home at all tonight. Just sit here with the kitty, who grows friendlier by the day and play some games or sort through some beads.

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Re: when one only deals with problems it is hard to see anything else

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I wish someone would just call and say "I got a puppy! The kids are so happy!" Yeah, it is hard when all you see is the bad. It does make me intensely grateful for my friends with children though. Someone I knew from college had a baby this year, and another friend is expecting this month. Their happiness and excitement and just general good health is a relief.

Oh man, I am ALL about licenses to have babies! When I am dictator of Texas one day I will personally approve and reject everyone. :P

Re: when one only deals with problems it is hard to see anything else

[1-bibliophiliac.livejournal.com]

You are already a tsarina... I think dictator of Texas might be a demotion. ;-)

"All men want to be rich, a rich man wants to be king,
And the king won't stop until he rules everything."

Enjoy your power trip!