i am not alone

before you get all weepy and sentimental...read on. now, y'all know how i feel about kids - teenagers in specific, right? so tonight i snap the news on for a brief moment, and there's a story about a Huge Oops in Wording in a Nebraska law...the one that a lot of other states have where you can drop a newborn off at a safe place with no consequence? that law? newborn? okay so far. except NEBRASKA'S law accidentally reads "child," not "newborn" or "infant" or "very very young human usually under the age of, oh say, a week-ish". just says "child." so in Nebraska, 1 hospital has experienced 17 drop-offs. all teenagers. now in Real Life, this is sad that a family would come to that. especially in the area where Boystown has it's roots. (1 family alone was responsible for 9 drop offs). but looking at from a someone myopic, sideways-kinda perspective, somebody somewhere in Nebraska had to have spellchecked, edited, re-checked and photocopied that particular piece of legislation at least a dozen times before pronouncing it fit for publishing, so i have to think...it's not just me. speaking of which They're home for a brief, yet distruptive visit till sunday. wish us all luck! L. oh hell - it starts - the dog just barfed from commotion. i could just turn MYSELF in to Nebraska. i'm still considered someone's child, right? off to shopvac. L.