Day 354 of 365 Days of Being Thankful
Today I am thankful that my sciatica is a bit better, I am trying to not expect it to stay like this because the second day after I get a shot is always better than before the shot. Every other time, the pain came back the same by the third day. I am hoping that it doesn't come back full force this time tomorrow!! The staff where I got the shot was so nice. I am thankful that they were so kind.
Today was the first time that Olya got her eyebrows waxed! She hardly has any stray hairs, she has perfect eyebrows! But she wanted to try to get them done so I said sure, it's always good to try new things. She said she doesn't think she'd do it again for quite awhile because it hurt!!
I am also thankful that I am eating the chocolate covered pretzels that my friend Leslie gave me the other day! I was too sleepy yesterday to eat some of them after having anesthesia and I didn't want to miss enjoying one bite of them!! They are so good.
One of my adoptive mom friends sent me this article. It is so,so sad. Sometimes adopted kids are more than a parent can handle on their own, especially if the child/children have RAD or rage issues. Sometimes seemingly beautiful children on the outside are dealing with a host of abuse issues and mental issues on the inside. I am so thankful that my girls had loving family members so that they didn't develop RAD(reactive attachment disorder). Olya has older siblings who loved her and love her now and visited her at the orphanage. Olya's older siblings are my friends on FACEBOOK and they like or love every photo she is in! Olya is going to take Russian at school next year and then she can skype with her older siblings. in Ukraine. Olivia had a wonderful grandmother and great-grandmother who loved her so much!
Today was the first time that Olya got her eyebrows waxed! She hardly has any stray hairs, she has perfect eyebrows! But she wanted to try to get them done so I said sure, it's always good to try new things. She said she doesn't think she'd do it again for quite awhile because it hurt!!
I am also thankful that I am eating the chocolate covered pretzels that my friend Leslie gave me the other day! I was too sleepy yesterday to eat some of them after having anesthesia and I didn't want to miss enjoying one bite of them!! They are so good.
One of my adoptive mom friends sent me this article. It is so,so sad. Sometimes adopted kids are more than a parent can handle on their own, especially if the child/children have RAD or rage issues. Sometimes seemingly beautiful children on the outside are dealing with a host of abuse issues and mental issues on the inside. I am so thankful that my girls had loving family members so that they didn't develop RAD(reactive attachment disorder). Olya has older siblings who loved her and love her now and visited her at the orphanage. Olya's older siblings are my friends on FACEBOOK and they like or love every photo she is in! Olya is going to take Russian at school next year and then she can skype with her older siblings. in Ukraine. Olivia had a wonderful grandmother and great-grandmother who loved her so much!
Tennessee Mom Fired 34 Bullets to Murder Her 4 Teenage Kids and Kill Herself: Autopsies
A Tennessee mother fired 34 bullets when she killed her four teenage children in October and then fatally shot herself, recently-released autopsy reports show.
Cynthia Collier, 55, and her four children — 14-year-old Bo Li, 14-year-old Meigan Lin, 15-year-old Lia Lin and Kaileigh Lin, 17 — were found dead in their Columbia home on October 15. Authorities said the autopsy reports — which were obtained by multiple outlets including WKRN, USA Today Network and the Associated Press — confirm the deaths resulted from a quadruple-murder-suicide perpetrated by Collier.
The autopsies show Kaileigh was shot 13 times in a bathroom. Lia was shot nine times in her bed. Bo and Meigan were also shot in their beds. Bo sustained four gunshot wounds while Meigan was shot eight times.
Collier died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
A shotgun and another firearm were used in the attack and no drugs or alcohol were found in the system of any of the deceased.
A suicide note was found, but authorities have not revealed the content of the note and a motive for the violence has not been revealed.
Collier’s adult son discovered the bodies at about 6 p.m. after he came home from work.
While investigators have described an apparently loving home, court records detail domestic turmoil behind the scenes, including a pending divorce and disputes over parenting access.
Collier had three older children with her estranged husband, whom she wed in 1982, before they adopted four younger children from China in the 2000s, court records show.
In a press conference after the bodies were found, Maury County Sheriff Bucky Rowland said Collier was a stay-at-home mom who homeschooled her four youngest children.
Collier “appeared to be a very loving mother, with the exception of this one incident,” Rowland said.
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“This appears to be a loving home,” he explained. “It’s an immaculate home and a very loving family. So a motive would be very important to know what would lead someone to do this to her loved ones.”
Court documents obtained by PEOPLE, however, show Collier’s relationship with her husband had grown strained, in part due to his interest in forging a relationship with his youngest children after years of absence.
Collier and her husband began divorce proceedings in March but had been living apart prior to then.
In May, Collier’s husband filed a motion asking for parenting time with his adopted children. In a subsequent filing, Collier asked a judge to deny his request, stating that he had been an absent father and “missed every major milestone in their lives for the past nine years.”
Collier argued her husband was “attempting to force himself into the lives of these children who are otherwise doing well without him,” her filing states. Their four youngest children also said they had never had a relationship with their father and described their relationship with him as difficult.
And then, on May 29, Collier’s husband filed a motion to dismiss his request for parenting time “as the parties are attempting to reconcile.
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