We live in a rather small community and one would have thought that we'd be sheltered slightly from the insanity of the bigger cities...NOT! We have it all, drunks, druggies, vandals and now murder and downright stupid.
I am about 15 minutes south of Woodstock. I am sure most, if not all of you have heard of Victoria "Tori" Stafford by now. The sweet little 8 year old who was abducted on her way home from school on April 8th. This case basically took over my life for the six weeks we all hoped and prayed to bring her home alive and well. A week ago, it was made clear that that will not happen. Two people have been arrested for her murder. The female baby-killer supposedly tried to help the police locate her body but just couldn't quite remember were it was. The man (and I use that term loosely) is crying buckets in his jail cell claiming he had nothing to do with it.
I am so angry! There was no Amber Alert put out for this little angel for more than a week. What does it take for a missing child to be put on that alert. The police had video of her abductor walking with her from the get-go. The parents gave them every piece of information possible and still they waited. Idiots!
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Then on Sunday a bright orange rescue helicopter flew over our house. It was so low the sound of it shook the windows. I knew it was stupid, because they aren't looking anywhere near here for Tori, but my first thought was... OMG maybe they found her here! We hopped in the truck and drove the two minutes to the other side of town. No they weren't looking for her... some idiot was driving his big yellow quad, drunk out of his tree, bottle of beer in hand and 1 1/2 year old grandson between his legs. He tipped the bottle to take a slug and fell straight back off the quad onto his head, on the road. The quad kept going and the baby fell off into the grass across the road. The helicopter airlifted gramps out and baby went to get checked out in an ambulance.
So... what is wrong with these people? Don't they realize that children are innocent, trusting little souls who rely on us for their protection? Maybe I am the weird one, but I walked my girls to and from school, or made sure they were in a group until they were at least ten... I knew where they were at all times until they were inn their mid-teens... I never, ever let them get in or on a vehicle with someone who had been drinking. I protected them. Maybe too much, but that was my job!
It's a sad, sad world we live in.
