It’s been one of those days where I just can’t seem to get
things to pull together, especially organizing my thoughts. Watching the news was just the camel-breaking
straw.
The Minneapolis
bridge collapse recalls the horror of similar accidents that we have had
close to home. My prayers go out to all
those affected by this terrible accident. I can only hope they find everyone soon.
Who the fuck even makes lead-based paint
anymore? Worse, I knew immediately some of the toys they were talking about because I almost bought
Chance some at Target. There are a few others he owns that are on the list but
they were all made way before the recall dates specified.
Give your family a hug and keep them close. – wg
I read the reports last night about both. My husband is serious paranoid everytime we ever cross a bridge that it’s going to collapse. I always laugh him off. Wow. Such a shock to see it actually happen. I was amazed to read there were much less deaths than I’d imagined. Thank god.
And my MIL and I almost bought Anya one of those toys Thursday at Babies R us. Who even uses lead paint anymore? WTF?
Oh Jesus, how did I not hear about the toy recall? Off to check the serial numbers on all things Dora.
And that bridge collapse totally gave me 9/11 ptsd. Argh.
We had two bridge collapses locally… the big one from the Loma Prieta Earthquake in ’89, and then another smaller collapse a few months ago because a tanker exploded and melted the support girders. But those both had reasons for collapsing! A bridge just collapsing out of nowhere is really scary.
Isn’t it sad? Beware of cute toys. That’s what we’ve come to. (Though I suppose it’s still an improvement over letting our kids play with free floating mercury, like my mother played with as a child.)
This is precisely why I like to stick my head in the sand and ignore the news as much as possible. Bad, always bad.