Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
But I am betting that if Jonah had screamed, you would have woken from your nap! Maybe not been happy about it, but ...
That is probably correct. But, I am also on hyper-alert status most of the time, sleep very lightly, and was 38 years old when I had him. Can I hold the world to my standards? No. I can't. I can hold ME to my standards, and remember the phrase, "there but for the Grace of God, go I".

The whole thing totally breaks my heart, as a mother, first and foremost, and as an animal lover. I am not sure I could ever recover from such a tragedy, and thank GOD this has not presented in my life. As I said, I don't know the cause of this infant's death, and no matter what comes out, it is in the past. The awful, awful past, something that we cannot revisit.

I watched a training fire last summer. It was an eye opening experience for me, as I saw, first hand, how quickly a fire spreads through a house, and how the heat, from 100 yards away, was so intense. I have cut my grass while Jonah sits in the house in front of the TV. I have chatted with a neighbor in the front yard while Jonah slept in bed. Does this make me an irresponsible parent? Making the call after the foul is pretty easy.

Hindsight is.....