Of trials and parenting

I don't know enough about the Casey Anthony trial to pass judgment.

But I do know this whole thing has galvanized me to be a better parent one day. To change the world for my kids and their friends. Seriously, you see a case like this and I don't know how you're not called to do something. To hug your own kids or maybe smile at a stranger's kid on the street...and definitely, to never do anything even close to this to your own children.

It's maddening to me, the horrible things we do with our freedom of choice and our power of will. Sometimes the world makes me wonder what the hell God is doing up there.

But I know that if it weren't for tragedy, there wouldn't be as much good in the world. It doesn't explain this case, but it helps me remember my place in this world. I see things like this and I react to them. An equal and opposite reaction. And I'm sure so many other people out there are called to make this world better, too.

Thanks to all the parents out there who are loving and gentle and kind.

Especially mine.