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Saturday, July 16, 2005

I have so much that I think about adding and putting in my blog and then *poof* when I sit down here, it is gone.
Last night while watching the news, I saw on a breaking news story that a deputy in a neighboring parish (county for those non-Louisiana folks) was killed while responding to a call. This is farily unusual in this part of the world thank goodness. But, it shook me into reality. I worry about my brother, Scuba Steve, alot. This made me cry. I couldn't help but think what would it have been like if we were the family receiving that news. My heart truly goes out to the family who had to receive that call. I found out today that another officer was wounded during this call. The wounded officer's father was killed about 4 months ago while on duty.
I have lived with this fear for as long as I can remember. My father was a deputy and later became the chief deputy of our parish. When I was younger, a man was found guilty of hiring a hit man to kill his unmarried sister because he was the sole beneficiary of her life insurance policy. After being convicted, he made a threat to our family that another hit could be easily hired out. I overheard my aunt discussing this one day and from that day on had nightmares and freaked out when we received hang up calls at our home. I didn't tell my father about this until about 3 or 4 years ago. I didn't want him to feel like it was his fault I was so paranoid I guess. But that brought me to the realization that there are people out there who would jump at a chance to kill him just because of his profession. How scary...
In other news...my dad's boss, Louisiana Secretary of State, Fox McKeithen, died this morning. He had been paralyzed a few months back and was in the hospital this time with pneumonia and passed away. How sad for this family. His father was the former La governor, John McKeithen. That news was for you, Kathryn. :)
Big Brother is tonight! Don't forget to watch! Gotta go, LittleMan is hungry and later we are going SWIMMING!!!

Melissa

Melissa @ 12:03 PM | comment

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Melissa-Mom to LittleMan (4/04); wife to LuckyHusband; full-time toxicologist; full-time housekeeper; full-time domestic laundromat manager (washes all the clothes); full-time domestic finance manager (pays all the bills and yells at husband for spending too much money on fishing stuff); and Keeper of the Cheerios. Lives in a tiny town; spends tons of time with family; reads; enjoys crafts. Can change a diaper, fill a sippy cup, and put on a toddler's shoes in 15.4 seconds flat, all while calculating the impact of petroleum hydrocarbons to a nearby surface water body (watch for me in the Toddler Olympics on CBS this fall). Addicted to Dr. Pepper; Kit Kats; and pasta. To spot me in a crowd: I'm the one with frizzy messed-up hair, smeared graham crackers on my shirt; huge purse with a diaper peeking out, toddler on her hip, and camera in hand at all times.

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