
I was bored, so I switched on the TV and looked for a channel to watch. I kept on pressing the buttons on the remote and I eventually stopped at #702...The Oprah Winfrey Show was on air...
Talking about Oprah, I'm not very much of her fan but I love watching her show...I like the way she handles audiences and how she communicates with her guests...She's absolutely one of the best women in the world and she proved it by having her own TV show..
Today's topic was about overwhelmed mothers. She invited a lady, Brenda to talk a about a tragic incident that happened a year ago. Brenda accidentally left her 2-year-old daughter (Cecilia) in her car for almost 8 hours during a heatwave as she thought she had dropped her at the sitter's...Cecilia was found dead from heat exhaustion hours later...
I cried when I saw how sad she was, losing her precious baby girl...It was not her usual duty to send her daughter off to the baby sitter but on that day her husband, Gary had a dentist appointment...According to Gary, Brenda was kinda stressed and under pressure as it was the first day of school and she had loads of things going on her mind that she forgot about Cecilia and accidentally left her alone in the car.
During the interview, Brenda called herself “the most hated mom in America” and told of being severely judged, even losing her job as an assistant principal because of what happened. She hopes that other parents would learn from her dreadful mistake...
If you are a caring, conscientious parent, you know how overwhelming the responsibilities of raising children can be sometimes, especially coupled with all of the other trials that life invariably brings. Even the most loving and thoughtful parents have bad days occasionally.
Our tempers accidentally flare, we misjudge a situation, or something important slips our mind. Although we try to do what is best for our children, we are human, which means that there will be times when we drop the ball...
Nobody is perfect...
May God bless you, Brenda and your adorable angel, Cecilia.....
























