Coincidence?
I had an aural epiphany of sorts about a month ago when I realized that "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the alphabet song have the same melody. I found out this weekend that "Baa Baa Black Sheep" ALSO has the same melody. There is some vast, musical conspiracy out there....
The Weekend
It's summer at a major urban children's hospital and this is what happened this weekend: we had a shaken baby, whose injury is so devastating that life support will be withdrawn soon; we had an 11-year old who was in the back seat of a car without a seatbelt on and now has a lacerated spleen, an injury to her spinal cord and a tear in her descending aorta; we had a kid not wearing a helmet who fell off of his bike (diagnosis: scrambled egg brain) and we had a kid who was wearing a helmet and who was hit by a car while riding her bike (diagnosis: broken leg.) So, the culprit in the the shaken baby case will be arrested. The point of this is: why not arrest the parents of the 11 year old who wasn't wearing a seatbelt and the 7 year old who wasn't wearing a helmet? I mean, shouldn't someone be responsible?
Some stuff makes me sick to my stomach. Shaken babies are definitely at the top of the list.
On a Brighter Note
Last week, Jack was wearing a pair of overalls and Kevin lifted him by the Y formed in the back by the straps. Jack looked like he was flying and, with his blond curls and big smile, I was definitely looking at a cherub. My own personal cherub.
8:35:32 PM 
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