WARNING: Some contents of this thread are graphic and may be disturbing, sorry.

Not really sure what I am about to do here... its not really venting and definitely is not complaining. I guess I am just sad and disgusted with the world in general.

I watch the news everyday, I really shouldn't because it makes me so sad. Why is this world full of so many bad people, now I know most people in the world are good people and the news obviously doesn't do many stories about your average good hearted person.
But everyday people are killing children, and lately it seems like a lot of parents are killing their own children!! It's insane and makes me so angry and sad.

I watched a story about a little 9yr old girl in Indiana was murdered by a family "friend" over Christmas weekend, he beat her and cut her up with a hacksaw!!! I am completely disgusted, he confessed they found her head, hands and feet in his freezer and the rest of her body was chopped up put into garbage bag and into a dumpster at a convenient store near the home. The neighborhood they lived in has 15 registered sex offenders out of 54 homes!! The little girls mom left her 3 daughters age 9, and 6 yr old twins with this guy for over a week while she was supposedly sick. The reason the family even know the guy is because he was a drifter and about 4 yrs ago met the victims grandfather (who was convicted of molesting a girl from age 9-14) they "hit it off" and the grandpa asked if he wanted to move into his trailer and help out with cooking and cleaning. The grandpa died 12/3/11 and the guys stayed in his trailer. The whole story from every direction sounds like there is a lot more to it. It really breaks my heart.

I don't understand why child molesters are ever let out!! If I had it my way they would be stoned to death publicly. Children are innocent and our justice system does not protect them.

There are so many more stories a dad threw his 2 yr old daughter off a bridge while she was strapped in her car seat.
Another dad shoved a baby wipe into his infant sons throat.
A mom gave birth to twins in her bathroom and smothered each 1 to death and put the bodies in her laundry hamper.

These sound like horror stories and they are, but they are real!! Why is this happening, and it really is everyday something horrific happens....

I know, it is SO sad. Those are just the ones that they have figured out. 6 children have come up missing in approx the last month and a half, all under the age of two. COME ON! And so many of the parents are giving the same BS story. Oh, I put them to bed and the next morning they were gone. Seriously? They just up and left the house????? Parents are losing their minds and don't have any compassion for their children any more. Back when Jenna was a baby I knew someone whos daughter's boyfriend repeatedly sexually abused her son until he finally killed him. He wasn't quite 2. He was babysitting him and she didn't check on him for over 48 hrs after she got home!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SERIOUSLY?! How much jail time you might ask? I don't know what he got, but I know she was in less then a month. WOW! We are living in a sick society and the sad thing is that so many people want kids and there are all these parents killing their kids. I don't know why tossing newborns in a dumpster is so popular, but it seems to be. I fear what the world will be like when my kids are adults.

PS And as for the 9 yo little girl and her sisters.... what gaurdian in their RIGHT MIND leaves 3 little girls with a MAN that is not a family member.... even then sometimes!

Last week I spent 5 days straight trying to keep my kittycat/best friend alive...it didn't work I'm sofaking sad and not sure what to do.

Last week I spent 5 days straight trying to keep my kittycat/best friend alive...it didn't work I'm sofaking sad and not sure what to do.

Last week I spent 5 days straight trying to keep my kittycat/best friend alive...it didn't work I'm sofaking sad and not sure what to do.

I'm sorry to hear that. I know how you feel, We had to put my dog down in march. It was the hardest thing for me to do! 17 years I had her and it seemed she was always there when no one else was. I still have two dogs now but I miss her so much. Sometimes I will be driving home and think...Going home to see my baby girl....oh wait, no I'm not.

i know, yesterday i passed the animal hospital where barley (my dog) passed and i thought, maybe id be able to pick him up ((

Last week I spent 5 days straight trying to keep my kittycat/best friend alive...it didn't work I'm sofaking sad and not sure what to do.

Last week I spent 5 days straight trying to keep my kittycat/best friend alive...it didn't work I'm sofaking sad and not sure what to do.

I'm sorry to hear that. I know how you feel, We had to put my dog down in march. It was the hardest thing for me to do! 17 years I had her and it seemed she was always there when no one else was. I still have two dogs now but I miss her so much. Sometimes I will be driving home and think...Going home to see my baby girl....oh wait, no I'm not.

i know, yesterday i passed the animal hospital where barley (my dog) passed and i thought, maybe id be able to pick him up ((

That's hard...it's like when the hospital called and said Molly's ready to come home. Yippee...oh wait, it's not really molly :-) or the 1st night when I came home without her, i went straight to bed, Sam my Labradoodle ran up and down the hallway until my husband came in...no molly....came and laid beside me and whined and whined and whined. Then at dinner he wouldn't eat until i " fed molly"! Three weeks like this...I couldn't take it anymore, so we bought Sam, Daisy a goldendoodle :-/. The 1st night, I cried and thought...how could I replace my friend. Still miss her lots. Last week especially because it was the 1st time I had NO DOGS (construction at home...whole other story) around me so I really missed the greetings at the door or the nudge to " pet me".

That is the hardest part...I put a little reminder under the corner of my doormat so that I remember *before* I open the door that nobody will be running up to say hello to me and get cuddles. Those days when I'd forget he wasn't there were the worst.

I had found some old pics of him and put them on the kitchen counter...they got wet & stuck together and I feel so guilty about that..someone broke into my storage locker awhile back and stole all my boxes of pictures so those were all I had from when he was young. Dang!

And I have to figure out how to get the last horrible days out of my head and remember the awesomely fun and sweet 16+ years we had instead. Why does my brain torture me?

Thank you!! Clyde's last 24 hours were spent at the hospital in an oxygen chamber...the last couple of times I saw him he was drugged and shaved with an IV needle hanging off his leg He had multiple x-rays and blood draws and even an ultrasound of his heart & lungs..I would give anything to have had him with me on that last night! I would have gladly slepted with him on the floor

Yesterday I gave away the leftover food, litter, box liners and drinking fountain. I'm keeping his carrier full of his toys though. It helped to be able to help another animal & owner out.

I don't know what's worse... My Neo (dog) started coughing so we took him to the vet. She ran some blood work and called me the next day to say he had a heart problem and to call a specialist immediately. She said it could take up to a month to get in to see him. Poor Neo died that night in my arms. I'm not sure if I would have wanted to know he was sick or had it the way it was, had him ripped from me so suddenly.

I gave away everything... His bowls, his crate, this toys, his food... everything. I couldn't have it around anymore and I knew people who could use it. And every time I did laundry and happened to catch a glimpse of a white towel on the floor I would think it was him and start to cry. It will take time to get over this... I'm still not over it and it's been a year and a half. Non-pet owners don't realize that they are like our children, our best friends, our confidants... We are here for you if you need us!

And I am SOOOO appreciative of that...everyone at home was really sweet, but now they definitely expect me to be over it..not gonna happen! Except my mom who totally gets it and calls me every day

I think you were lucky with Neo..and he was lucky to be with you, at home, in his safe and happy place, when he died.

Lemme see if this works to show him off...16+ years and he never stopped hanging on the bathroom counter with me..lovin' on his brush lol..

ok not working... this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/28504188@N06/4923036107/in/photostream

CHEERS! to our most dearly, dearly beloveds..let's each tell a good story now. One of my favorite things Clyde would do is get himself up as high as he could (in my current place that's the top of the fridge) and then yoooowwwwl until someone came up and admired him for it. Then he was happy and would come back down. He just did it for the applause!