I try to read the news every day (and not just the gossip section!) but its getting to be overwhelming, and not in a good way. Before I was a mom, I would read articles and think wow that's sad or wow that's just unbelievable. But now that I have a child of my own - most of these stories really shake me up. Today I read about the fire in PA that took the lives of 7 children - I did not get through half of it before I felt like I needed to run and grab James, hold him as close as can be and never let go.

And once we got home, that's exactly what I did. I held him and smothered him and didn't let him go until he fell asleep... and even then I didn't want to leave.