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I was in the grocery store yesterday afternoon and there was an older man there with three wee people in his cart. There were two little girls in the back (I would guess ages 5 and 4) and a sweet little boy (about age 2) in the front. I overheard a conversation that made me think about people and their stupidity.

One guy asks the older guy if those are his grand kids. He says no, the two in the back are adopted and the teeny boy in the front is a foster child.

I looked at those kids all the way through the store. I cannot imagine how hard life is for them.
Right now, their basic needs are being met. They are being fed, clothed, bathed. They go to church. But I kept looking into those little eyes as we passed and I thought about all the things they must have saw already. It is innocence lost.

I kept thinking about what predicament got them to where they are. In such short lives, they have dealt with some type of abuse and/or neglect. They have been taken away from parents or been abandoned by parents.

It just makes me mad. What is wrong with people? Why can't they do what they say? When they make a commitment to have a child, or raise a child, why don't they follow through?

Anyways, I guess that is my rant for the day. I am sure it will not be the only one. I seem to be cranky, in a bad mood. I just don't understand some people and why they don't think of their children when they do stupid things or make stupid decisions.