A big statement when I was growing up that my parents said to me often was, "Kendra, the world doesn't revolve around you." So in my selfish thinking today, why doesn't the world revolve around me? I mean isn't my life the most important? Doesn't everyone else realize that my kids are the cutest and my day to day tasks the most urgent?
Would it really be perfect if the world did revolve around you?
Like wouldn't it be nice if all the stop lights revolved around you? And there was never a stop sign that required you to stop, they were all magically in the other direction. Wouldn't it be great if everyone conformed to your thinking? If the person you voted for won every time. Your team won all their games in sports. And everything went exactly as you want it to.
I guess thinking on the flip side of things. What if everyone always agreed with you? And because the world revolved around you, everyone started dressing like you and talking like you. If you gained/lost 5 pounds, everyone would want to as well. Perhaps it would feel like everyone was watching your every move to see what you're going to do next. (this sounds scary in it's similarities to how we treat celebrities now days)
Apparently, I have struggled with selfishness since I was very little. In my selfishness lately, I have been so concerned with what is going on in MY life that I forgot there is a whole big world out there with people who have day to day lives as well. And they all have the cutest kids in the world too. It intrigues me to think that everyone I know has their own little world that they live in and I know very little about it. I think this is how writers have a profession.
After all this thinking, I've decided to be a little less selfish. It's a good thing that I have a husband who is so kind because he keeps on track most of the time. Since we're coming to the holidays everyone naturally thinks I am going to take cookies to all my neighbors. But I don't think that is the way for me to accomplish my goal (although it is definitely a good thing). I think perhaps I should really focus on paying attention to others on a day to day basis maybe minute by minute. I will start with my children and my family first. Then branch out to friends/strangers. Nothing big but it's just the little things that count. And my hope is that I can be a better person (not that I will help others lol).
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Child Endangerment
I bet you weren't expecting to hear from when it's so close to my boutique. By the way, I'm expecting you all to attend, even you Matticia. lol.
The other day I ran to Wal-Mart to go to the bank. As I was getting out of my car, I notice a small child (probably a year or 18 months old) strapped in a car screaming in the car next to me. I thought hmmm that's weird and looked for the mother. No mother was in there.... I didn't know what to do so another lady was getting her kids out of her car close by so I mentioned it to her to see what she suggested. She watched the kids while I went inside and got a Wal-Mart employee. When I returned, the Wal-Mart employee went and got management.
While they did that, the other lady called 911. She was adamant that this mother should be caught and not allowed to get away with something that is illegal. I was on the fence. While I understood that leaving your children strapped into your car is illegal, I also felt for the mother who thought this was so innocent. I was also petrified that the mother would come out at any second and we'd have a huge ordeal on our hands. The 911 operator said to call her back immediately if the woman came out and that were to not allow her to leave. How was I going to do that?
Luckily, that didn't happen. The police many showed up. At this point, I would say we'd been standing there 10-15 minutes. I left when the policeman showed up again not wanting a confrontation. I ran into the bank and was literally done in 2 minutes. I was parked right next to her and I knew she would see me. Nothing happened but she was out there yelling at the police. She said something like I was only gone for a second. The policeman pointed out that her cart was half full. She said but it was only a few minutes. He said it only takes 1 minute.
After thinking about this a while, I'm still torn. I realize that it only takes a minute for someone to steal your kids or for something horrible to happen. I also think it was so innocent. She left her 3 kids in the car. The oldest could have been 5 or 6. At what age is the child old enough? The law says 6 I think. Then I read this story today. http://www.insideedition.com/news.aspx?storyID=1607
I don't know the outcome of the lady I turned in but do you really think they took her to jail?? I hope not. My cousin said in Mesa that it is called child abandonment if you leave you kids in the car and they take them away and put you in jail. I understand that because it's hot there and kids die all the time from parents leaving them in the car. It sure made me think and that's a really good thing.
The other day I ran to Wal-Mart to go to the bank. As I was getting out of my car, I notice a small child (probably a year or 18 months old) strapped in a car screaming in the car next to me. I thought hmmm that's weird and looked for the mother. No mother was in there.... I didn't know what to do so another lady was getting her kids out of her car close by so I mentioned it to her to see what she suggested. She watched the kids while I went inside and got a Wal-Mart employee. When I returned, the Wal-Mart employee went and got management.
While they did that, the other lady called 911. She was adamant that this mother should be caught and not allowed to get away with something that is illegal. I was on the fence. While I understood that leaving your children strapped into your car is illegal, I also felt for the mother who thought this was so innocent. I was also petrified that the mother would come out at any second and we'd have a huge ordeal on our hands. The 911 operator said to call her back immediately if the woman came out and that were to not allow her to leave. How was I going to do that?
Luckily, that didn't happen. The police many showed up. At this point, I would say we'd been standing there 10-15 minutes. I left when the policeman showed up again not wanting a confrontation. I ran into the bank and was literally done in 2 minutes. I was parked right next to her and I knew she would see me. Nothing happened but she was out there yelling at the police. She said something like I was only gone for a second. The policeman pointed out that her cart was half full. She said but it was only a few minutes. He said it only takes 1 minute.
After thinking about this a while, I'm still torn. I realize that it only takes a minute for someone to steal your kids or for something horrible to happen. I also think it was so innocent. She left her 3 kids in the car. The oldest could have been 5 or 6. At what age is the child old enough? The law says 6 I think. Then I read this story today. http://www.insideedition.com/news.aspx?storyID=1607
I don't know the outcome of the lady I turned in but do you really think they took her to jail?? I hope not. My cousin said in Mesa that it is called child abandonment if you leave you kids in the car and they take them away and put you in jail. I understand that because it's hot there and kids die all the time from parents leaving them in the car. It sure made me think and that's a really good thing.
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