Not Your Average Jane

Well, I heard something really disturbing yesterday and I woke up to hearing on the news this morning, and again at lunch... And I'm sure if I looked at the local paper I'd see it there too.... A little girl who was only 10 (10!!!!!) was killed in a fire that destroyed her house. Her mother and father escaped with her 2 younger sisters. That's not the worst part of it... The fact that when firefighters when in they found the girl, Molly, CHAINED TO HER BED!!!! It makes me sick to hear about shit like this.... A friend of mine first told me about it in class yesterday and I almost burst into tears... I half expect something like this in Houston, or Dallas, bigger cities you know? Lots of crime, lots more sickos... But for it to happen in Clarksville, a town of only about 7 thousand, supported mainly by Tyson, Walmart and the college, it just seems.... There isn't really a word for what it is.... Its just wrong, sickening.... And a plethora of other adjectives besides....
I suppose that when I'm up here, I forget about things like traffic and crime and all the other disadvantages of a bigger city.... Anyway I'm going to go work with Connie, todays my last day with her.... I just want to go up to her and give her a huge hug... You know, reaffirm that life isn't horrid.... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 2:54 PM