Hubby's Sweet

Written by Sherri Hicks

My husband was so sweet to get me a Le Ray Home Security System when he started travelling more often for work. I know it sounds silly but I was really worried about the fact that he wasn’t going to be home at night like he used to be and I would be here alone in the dark with the kids. The part about it that makes it so frightening is that I actually don’t have a neighbor within sight – something about being out here all alone makes it far scarier. I wish I could find a way to really get over my irrational fears but at the end of the day I need to be thankful that my natural reaction is to protect my house and my kids. If anything ever happened to them I don’t know what I would do and that’s the honest truth- it’s my job as their mom to be overprotectiveif I need to and that’s exactly what I’ve ended up being at the end of the day.

NOT WATCHING THAT AGAIN!

Contribution by Saul Martin

I was watching this ridiculous new show on TLC on Direct.tv. I literally felt bad after I was watching it for five minutes. The show is called “Toddlers in Tiaras”. It follows young children through the beauty pageant process. Girls literally who are two years old are participating in these pageants. I can get over the little girls dressing like adults, even though something seems just not right about it, but I saw something on the show that was tough for even me to get over. The episode that I watched highlighted a mother who was taking her daughter to the dentist to get an appliance made so that she could bleach her teeth. The little girl was only four years old! I didn’t even know that you could bleach baby teeth. I felt terrible for the little girl when her mother said, “your little brother’s teeth are whiter than yours!” The mother was way too obsessed with winning these pageants. I felt bad for the little girl! I won’t be watching that show again anytime soon.