Too Fat to adopt!

I've been following this story and think it's totally ridiculous! Taking a child away from the only home he's known and parents who love him because they are overweight. Okay so the man weighs 500 pounds, I know that's really really big. But he still does his job and plays soccer with his other son. The reason given on the news tonight for the judge removing this child was that the man 'might' develop diabetes or sleep apnea! So now you're saying that diabetics can't be parents? This has me so pissed off, and I know it doesn't have anything to do with me. But if that judge gets away with this can you imagine what will be next? The baby was born to his cousin, who realized she could not take care of him. So she asked him and his wife to adopt him, to keep the baby in the family. Now it's turned into a media circus and they can't even see the baby at foster home. The foster parents are afraid the media will show up and they don't want that at their home. Which I understand but, still keeping the baby away from people who love him and are totally capable of raising him in a good home is just about the stupidest thing I've heard. Here's a link to the article I hope it works. http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=3878236&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

Look at those curls!

I wish I had some of those curls now. This was summer of '67. That lovely cake is for Mom and my uncle's birthday. He was born the day before her 8th birthday. We were in Jacksonville, Fl at this time and Mom's baby brothers were staying with us for the summer. The boys drove down in Grandmother's car. I remember fishing, catching crabs, because they wanted a crab dinner. Dad was out at sea, for most of the summer. I think he was in Cuba or some place like that. We spent most of our time at the beach, of course. I have very good memories of that summer.