Jenny from the Block

Three posts in one day! Wow!!! I have had A LOT going on these past few days! My friend Jenny came down to visit from Iowa with her family. It was sssooo good to see her! It's been YEARS - how many exactly, I'm not sure, at least 7 - since we've last seen each other. Jenny moved away when we were freshman in high school.....and now she's a married mom to one cute little boy! We've kept in touch the last few years by email, phone, and texting. Her son Ryan was born eight days before Cooper so it was really neat to have a close friend pregnant at the same time as I was. Anyways, we all got together at Kelly's house on Thursday to hang out and all, so here are some pictures of that! For some reason Blogger is not letting me edit this and put my captions under the pics. Jenny is the SKINNY red head and Kelly is the dark haired one on the right. I'm the whale in the pink shirt. =) Ok, I think I am done posting today!

Potty Training Boot Camp - Day One

Potty training boys is HARD!!!

We are in day one of our "Potty Training Boot Camp" and it's hard, very hard. Apparently boys don't care that they pee in their pants A LOT or if they even stinky in them. UGH! But, we are *NOT* giving up. Cooper has used the potty twice so far today.......and had about ten accidents. =( We knew it would be hard and hopefully day two will go much, much smoother. At least I really hope so.

We may need to invest in more Spongebob undies......

Easter Pics

I've mentioned before that I am by no means a photographer....especially a kids photographer! But, I'm cheap and I force my kids to let me take their pictures myself. =) Amy had asked me to take some of Louis, so I thought it would be the perfect to just go ahead and get my two out of the way too. Ha! So, here are some of the "best" shots I got. And by the way, I took THREE rolls for film!

Cooper - 2 1/2 years old. Isn't he the cutest thing ever??? He did so well with me.....way better than his Sissy!!!!

I thought this was a cute picture of the kids.....

Olivia - I couldn't get her to smile for anything! So, I opted for the "just look down and I'll snap it" shot. =)

I like this one because Olivia is trying SO HARD to be sweet and Cooper is like "eeewwww" - ha!

This one is cute, but it reminds me of the Wizard of Oz....anyone else? LOL

Talking up a storm!

Cooper is talking SO MUCH these days! He went from saying hardly *nothing* to talking ALL THE TIME! I love it! He definitely suffered from the "2nd kid" syndrome and let his Sissy talk for him. He's so cute though, his little voice is the sweetest thing *EVER.*

His new favorite sayings are:

"You mean Mama (or Daddy, Sissy, etc)."

"That's my spot!" (referring to his Daddy laying in OUR bed)

"Bye Sissy, bye Mama"

It's hard for me to believe that he'll be three in August. Wow. Al and I are going to attempt a 3 day "potty training boot camp" with him Friday - Sunday. Some one emailed me some info on how to potty train your kid in 3 days. Basically it said that kids are ready earlier than you think and that potty training fails because the parents give up to early, not the child. Which I can totally see because I did kind of stop with the whole potty issue when he was constantly peeing in his pants. So, we'll see how it goes. It can't hurt to give it a try right?

He loves his Sissy's purple Barbie Jeep. Al will probably kill me for posting this picture. But to him, it's just a toy, he doesn't know it's a girlie toy!

And I honestly don't know how much my heart can take watching Olivia play softball. =) She had another game last night and they lost 5-9. But, to their defense, I think the other team has more older players on it than our team does. It was a good game and Olivia had fun. When I got there, she was twirling around and writing her name in the dirt.......NOT paying attention to the game. I just knew one of those girls were going to hit the ball right to her and knock her lights out! Thankfully, that didn't happen. =) Oh, and she hit the ball VERY well too. I might make a softball player out of her after all. Ha!

Happy....

ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!

Who says girls can't ride bikes?

I don't mean to brag. *Honestly* I don't. =) Al and I have talked up riding her bike to Olivia all week. So, this morning while Daddy and Cooper went to take off the trash, I took Olivia out to practice riding her bike. I won't lie, she wanted to give up after 30 seconds. But, I kept up the positive reinforcement and after about 2o minutes, she could pedal all on her OWN!!! I was so proud! She's still moving slow, but this is a HUGE accomplishment for Olivia Grace. She gets discouraged easily when she can't do something so I worked hard to keep her trying. She even asked to get back on her bike and show her Daddy what she could do later. He was proud of his little girl! I think us telling her that Cooper was getting a bike for his birthday and she needed to learn to ride *her* bike so she could help me teach him how to ride his really helped a TON. Anyways, after riding her bike, we spent pretty much the entire day outside. The kids had so much fun.

Olivia playing with the blocks......

Cooper. =) Don't you love this new shoes I found for him? They are SUPER CUTE!!!

Olivia and Cooper love to do this. Cooper would just laugh as his Sissy pulled him around the back yard.

This is Olivia's attitude about *everything.*

Cooper playing in the tree house. He's getting so big! He can totally climb up the ladder all on his own. He thinks he's as old as Olivia sometimes!

So, we had a pretty fun day until the rain came! The kids should sleep really, really, really good tonight. =)

Too much TV?

Last night I was flipping through the channels and landed on Disney. Hannah Montana was on and Olivia screamed "Leave it there, that's Miley Cyrus!" Now, someone explain to me how my not-yet-five-year-old knows that Hannah Montana's REAL name is Miley Cyrus! I don't think she watches THAT much tv, I mean, she is in school for most of the day and I KNOW they don't watch tv there! =)

My attempt to braid...I just can't get the hang of braiding tightly! UGH.

My super sweet little man in the tub.....he LOVES bathes, almost as much as his Sissy. He is definitely in his terrible twos these days....he throws MASSIVE tantrums and has a BIG attitude (especially when he doesn't get what he wants). Olivia was much easier to handle because I could simply walk away....now I when I try that, Olivia eggs him on and gets him in even more trouble. Mean, mean, little kids!

Can't leave Cooper out

Here's my sweet little guy at the ball field cheering for his Sissy!

First Softball Game

Olivia had her first softball game tonight. And it ended in a TIE!!! 2-2, what a great game! You would NEVER believe it, but Olivia Grace was the tieing run! Yeap, my Baby Girl hit the ball, got a DOUBLE and ended up coming across home plate. Al and I were jumping up and cheering her and the team on the entire game. Yeap, I'm one of *those* parents! LOL

Here's some pics:

When I got there, Olivia was moved from catcher (the equipment didn't fit her so she was having a hard time) to left center. But all she did was twirl around and play in the dirt. Oh yeah, she sat out a couple of innings too! =)

Olivia "on deck."

She almost looks like she knows what she's doing doesn't she?

Here she is on SECOND base - she hit a double! Al was so proud!

Here's her team getting ready to shake hands with the other team. If you look closely, you'll see Olivia was hitting the other girls hands....silly girl!

I can't tell you how happy I was that Olivia did so well. She's the youngest kid on her team so I think she did pretty darn well. So, her team, GarWebb.com is 1-0. Woo Hoo!!!!

The Cat in the Hat Sleeps Over

Olivia is at her first sleep over. I can't believe it....she actually spent the night! I am sssooo proud of her. I guess she really is growing up. *sniffle* I can't wait to pick her up this afternoon and find out how much fun she had. =)

Here's some cute pictures of Olivia - they celebrated Dr. Suess's birthday the other day at school by making their own "Cat in the Hat" hats. Olivia's was sssooo cute. Here she is sporting her hat.

Her "silly" Cat in the Hat pose.

How cute is she? =)

And this is how I found Cooper this morning. I think he really missed his Sissy last night! He cried after her when Al and I dropped her off. I felt sssoo bad for the little guy. But we did take him out to eat and I think he enjoyed that. Him and Olivia play Hopstoch all the time so I guess this was his way of saying "Go get my Sissy!" Ha!

His "oh no, I've been caught playing with Sissy's toys" look. =)

So, I do have to give kudos to my friend Michele for taking a look at my laptop and cleaning it up. She said it was a mess and was really infected with a virus. It's super fast now and like brand new thanks to her. Thanks Michele!!!

Seriously Folks

Ok, I want to take a minute and post a serious blog. And I don't CARE what your views on the whole "illegal immigration" stand are....that's not the point of this blog.

A girl that is a member of my church was brought over to this country from Mexico by her parents as a 2 year old. Therefore, yes, she's illegal. She has grew up here, married a guy that is American and now has a 2 year old son. She decided to right a wrong and take the steps she has to take to get a work visa. I'm trying to keep as many details out as possible because I don't know if she would care if I wrote this about her. So, she went to Mexico and was denied a work visa for 30 days. She has another appointment towards the end of March. This means people, that she has to stay in Mexico for 30 more days without her son. She can not leave. I know she has some comfort with her husband there. If she is denied again, she may have to stay in Mexico for 10 years to qualify.

I find this CRAZY. And my hearts breaks for her since she is away from her little boy. I don't care what nationality you are, illegal or legal - a mother being away from her kids for a long period of time is heart breaking. I feel so bad for her. So, I want all you guys to pray that she is granted a work visa when she goes back and gets to come HOME. SC is her home - this is her first trip to Mexico and hopefully her last. Please keep her in your prayers.

Favorite Part

I have no pictures to share. I'm sorry.

So, until I get my computer over to Michele's and have her get whatever virus I have on it off, I won't be able to post any cute pictures of the kids. I promise to take it to her ASAP! Anyways, last night Olivia had softball practice AND dance lessons. Since softball is new and she just started I asked her how it was going. Here's the conversation that followed:

Me: Olivia, how was softball practice?

O: It was FUN! *insert shriek*

Me: Great...what is your favorite part of softball practice?

O: *twirling around in a circle*

Me: *confused look on face* What does that mean?

O: I like to hit the ball!

Me: Oh, ok....that was my favorite part when I played too.

O: Mommy, you didn't ask me what my favorite part of dance is.

Me: Ok, what's your favorite part of dance?

O: When it's over. *insert giggle*

WHEN IT'S OVER!!!! Can you believe the nerve of my daughter? She changes her mind on dance like she changes underwear. One Monday she loves it, one Monday she hates. I have no idea what to do with her. She WILL finish out this year in dance, but I guess you can say it's up in the air about next year. She just completely caught me and Al off guard with that comment.

In other news, Cooper is still under the weather a bit so I think I am taking him to the doctor tomorrow. He's just not himself. So, hopefully I can get some different meds in him and have him back to his happy self again soon.

Sickies...

Well, my hope that the kids and I wouldn't get sick didn't last. I woke up Saturday morning feeling like CRUD. I had started feeling icky Friday night but thought I could shake it. Cooper woke up Saturday morning feeling bad too. At around 4pm, Al and I put the kids in the tub and afterwards Cooper layed down and said he wanted to go "gait gait" - I layed down with him and we both slept until 7am this morning! Geez!!!! What is that? A 16 hour nap? LOL I do feel better but I'm still coughing. Al is still coughing. Cooper's nose is running like crazy. Olivia is the only one that isn't sick. I hope she doesn't wake up in the morning feeling bad!

I hope Coop feels better in the morning, I hate when the kids are sick!

Leap Day!

It's a Leap Year - Woo Hoo! How cool is it to have an extra day if Feburary? I've always wondered how that works if your birthday if Feb 29....kind of a crappy day to be born huh? =)

Not much is going on - Al is sick with the yucky stuff that is going around but so far the kids and I have been ok. Keep us in your prayers that we don't get sick either! Olivia had softball practice the other day and did pretty well. Al and my dad said she was kind of in her own little world at some points but hey, she's still only 4 years old! She had a good time though and that's all that matters.

Here's a cute little pic of Cooper that Amy took that other day. Have a great weekend!

A must read

I thought this was something worth posting! Thanks for emailing me this Christy!

Rick Warren (REMEMBER HE WROTE "PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE")

You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, "Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.

In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said: People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense. Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.

This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer. I used to think that life was hills and va lleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for. You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness,"which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others. We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her. It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.

You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy. It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease. So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72. First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases. Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church. Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation. Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)? When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.

Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.

Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.

Painful moments, TRUST GOD.

Every moment, THANK GOD.

Robots like Cookies too

Can someone explain to me why my kids are so hyper on a Tuesday night? Could it possibly be because Nana and Poppy sent Cooper a cookie (in the shape of Boots the Monkey) home the size of a football and that Olivia has been cooped up in the house all afternoon and didn't get to go to softball practice? Oh, and let's not forget that Poppy said she had several Push Ups, cookies, a hot dog, and other misc. food this afternoon. Geez, they are WIRED!

Evidence that Cooper really enjoyed that cookie!

Olivia insisted I take a few pictures of her doing her "robot" dance.

Is it bed time yet????

Anna said I needed

to add some pictures to my blog, so here are two I *think* I haven't posted before. I didn't snap any pics of the kids over the weekend because we didn't do much this weekend! =) We had a pretty nice and relaxing weekend.....the kids spent Saturday night with Gamma and Papa so Al and I took advantage of the night away. We had dinner with Michele and Chris and then went shopping for Olivia some clothes to practice softball in. Of course, I couldn't resist a shirt for Cooper that read "Short Cute and Loveable"! That's my little man to the tee! ;)

He looks sweet and innocent enough here (this was taken at Kyan's party in October) but I have created a "Coopey Monster" - Cooper now INSISTS on going "gait gait" (which is his way of saying "night night") with ME every night. He throws a fit until I lay down in the bed with him and we even have our own little routine.....we lay down and cuddle while watching Blue Clues (or Spongebob) and then we cut the TV and go to sleep. Usually I fall asleep too and my night is ruined! LOL Al will put him in his bed but it never fails that most nights he ends up back in the bed with me......

Which leads us to Sissy. Her thing is to go to bed on her own or have Al lay down with her for awhile but she almost every night gets up and gets Al and drags him BACK to bed with her. So, Al and I have not slept in the same bed for the whole night in a while. Saturday was probably the first time in weeks. No lie.

I know we need to break these habits, but I just can't make myself do it - especially with Cooper. I mean, he won't be little forever and I know he'll eventually get to where he won't want me so much....so I guess I'm being "needy" and letting them both get away with it for now. Both kids are very "mommy" right now so I know it makes Al happy that Olivia feels like she needs *him* at night and not me......I don't know....right now I think I'm just going to enjoy snuggling with my little man and worry about the consequences later. =)

Got to be kidding.....

But I'm not when I say that I have yet ANOTHER nail in my tire when I got to work. For those of you that don't know, I am a MAGNET for nails, screws, etc in my tires. When Al and I had the Jeep, I had nails in every single one of my tires in a period of a month. UGH. And I thought I had rid myself of the "nail curse" but it's struck again! Oh well....

In other news, we got a new roof put on the house yesterday (which is probably where the curse resurfaced) and we are ssoooo glad!!!! It looks great and Al and I are really excited about putting some new siding on the house in the fall and having it look super spiffy. =)

The kids are doing good....nothing new to really report. Olivia had softball tryouts on Tuesday and she did GREAT. She fielded the ball really well and even hit the ball TWICE. We were so proud. Al and I joked that she would be a first round draft pick for softball. =) Cooper had a great time running around cheering on his big Sissy. She's a 4th generation softball player so I hope that it's something she really enjoys. We'll see though, you never know with Olivia Grace. I wish I had taken my camera and took some pics but there's plenty of time for that!

Outta here!

They are gone - the chicken pox are gone! Woo Hoo! Olivia went back to school today and she was sssoooo glad. She has really missed her teachers and friends. Mrs. Chure called her on Saturday and Olivia thinks she's just hot as snot now. =)

It's still up in the air if Cooper will get them now or not. *IF* he does, then they should show up next week according to the doctor. Please, please, please pray that my little guy doesn't get them. I know Olivia had a mild case and I'm thankful for that, but I can't afford to miss more time off of work. So, we'll see. Every morning I cross my fingers that I don't see anything when he's getting dressed. So far, so good. =)

The Griggs know how to party!

As Nana would say "If Mohammad can't go to the mountain, then the mountain will go to Mohammad!" That was our thinking when we decided to have our very own little "Valentine's Party" for Olivia. Since she's been out of school all week with the chicken pox and missed all the fun things at school, we thought it would be a nice treat. We had pizza, cupcakes, brownies, and Diet Coke (Olivia's favorite drink!). Nana and Poppy stopped by with some balloons that were a big hit with the kids. By the way - they are STILL fighting over those stinking balloons! LOL

Olivia eating a cupcake.....well, she eats the icing, not the cake part!

Cooper preferred the brownie bites. =)

Do you see it on the board? Cooper actually drew a heart all by himself! How cool is that! I'm not sure if he knew what he was doing or not!

Olivia with the balloons Nana and Poppy brought over. Three are supposed to be hers and three are supposed to belong to Cooper. This has caused many fights in the last 12 hours! LOL

Me after a long day with Olivia.....chicken pox suck! Poor O has cabin fever like mad!

Nana trying to divide out the balloons!

Cooper scooping out what candy he got from Nana and Poppy.

The infamous Poppy. I thought it was time to get a pic of him on here. Gramma came by and gave the kids some candy before I got home, so I wasn't able to get a picture of her to put on here.

We had a really good time, but the kids got way too much candy from their grandparents! Olivia is feeling much better and I think will be ok to go to school on Monday. She misses it like crazy - especially Ms. Chure and her BFF Ravea. I won't lie and say I'm not looking forward to her going back either! But man, we had a lot of fun last night - the Griggs family can throw one heck of a Valentine Party! =)

Happy V-day!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Chickety Chick....

Thomas Hart called yesterday and guess what? Olivia has CHICKEN POX!!! Yeap, you read that right. Thank goodness she has had the vaccine for it and doesn't appear to have a bad case of it. She's more upset that she's missing school than anything. Olivia had perfect attendence up to this point and THA has some fun things planned for the week of Valentine's. =( But from what I've been told, she should be ok in a few days.....probably won't go back to school this week but shouldn't suffer too bad. She's not really itching or anything but they haven't blistered up yet so I don't know what is in store for us. Oh, and so far Cooper doesn't look like he's got them.....which doesn't mean he won't but I'm hoping that since he had his shot not too long ago that maybe it'll keep him from getting them. Pray that it does! And say a little prayer that Olivia recovers quickly from her chicken pox. =)

Stock Car Museum

Yesterday Al and I decided to take the kids over to the Darlington Raceway Stock Car Museum. I haven't been since I was little, so we thought the kids would really enjoy looking at all the old cars. Olivia seemed to like looking at all the old cars and Cooper enjoyed the wide open space to run around in! LOL

1951 Hudson Hornet - if your kids love the movie Cars, like mine do, then you know this car was in the movie. =)

The kids walking the museum with Daddy....there were tons of cars from all different time periods of racing.

#43 Baby!!!! Richard Petty is probably my favorite race car driver......although I'm not a big race car fan!

Olivia with Dale's hand prints. She kept coming back to them and looking at them. She wanted to know if he did his handprints on his own or if he was told too? What difference does it make? LOL She called it "the famous racers hands" - cute!

Cooper by one of the cars there. He wanted to climb on it......but that's his new thing these days....climbing on everything. There may be a monkey tail in those pants!

Olivia posing by Petty's old car.

Cooper and Daddy by one of the Hemi engines used in the cars.

So, we had a pretty good time looking at the stock cars - I guess if Al and I were really into racing, then *we* would have had a blast. But I figured since we live so close to a famous race track, the kids should at least know something about it. Plus, it's all about building memories, right? =)

Bed Time Prayers

Al and I are trying to get Olivia and Cooper into the habit of saying bedtime prayers and prayers at supper. Olivia does pretty well with the dinner prayer (that's what we call it anyways) but her bedtime prayers can be just too funny. Here's the one she said last night:

O: Dear God, God is great, God is good....thank you for my Mommy and Daddy. Dear God, I hope you have a good Valentine's Day. Please send me lots and lots of candy so I can have a good Valentine's Day too God. I love you God. Amen!

Notice how poor little COOPER wasn't even mentioned in his Sissy's prayer? LOL And I love how she brown noses to God for candy for Valentine's Day....too funny!

Passing down my jewelery

Olivia is so funny - of course, all my blog readers know that already! =) For Christmas Al got me one of those circle "diamond" necklaces. Now, I say "diamond" because *I* picked it out and I got a fake one that didn't cost nearly as much as a real diamond necklace. Olivia sees me wearing this necklace a lot and came up to me the other day holding it:

O: Mama, when you get really old, can I have this necklace?

Me: *snicker* Yes Olivia, you can have Mommy's fake diamond necklace when she dies.

O: Yay! *runs off and jumps on her bed in excitement*

How silly is she? Awww, to be young again when little things like that made you happy....those were the days!!!!

Is there no Good News out there?

I'm really getting to the point where I HATE to read the news online these days. A few days ago I read a story about a 3 month old baby boy being thrown out in the woods and a couple bird watching found him. How horrible! And now the police suspect his father because the family was homeless and didn't have any money. It just upsets me so bad - I mean, leave the child at a frigging hospital or police station and WALK AWAY. There's no sense in killing the child. Then yesterday I read a story about a one year old and 3 year old that freeze to death in Canada because they sorry a$$ dad was drunk and passed out while walking them to a neighbors house. First, why was he walking two small kids to a neighbors house in the winter (that was like several miles away) and second, why didn't they have *warm* clothes. Of course, HE lived. And today I read a story about a 7 year old that is in critical condition because he was found hanging in the bathroom at his school. All of this just bothers me so much these days.....I guess because I have several friends that want kids so bad and for whatever reason, they can't have them. It just makes me so sad that I know such good people that would do anything for a baby and then worthless people like I mentioned above do the things they do. I just couldn't imagine hurting my children or not having them in my life. They give my life so much meaning, make me so happy, and give me so much to look forward to in the years to come. Sure, there have been some sacrifices that Al and I have had to make (none that I don't think ALL parents make), but we would do anything for those two little mean monsters! =) I don't know.....it's just something that has been heavy on my heart for the last few days so I decided to blog about it.

I think I should just stay away from the news period!