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One late night years ago when i was younger i awoke from my sleep to find my self creeped out by a eerie green lighting all around me. I got up from my bed slowly, not knowing what to expect and looked out my window to see what the cause of this ghoulish glow was. When i looked out the window i saw that the whole sky was an the same eerie green!!! I was not scared at first, just extremely confused by it. I couldnt keep my eyes away fomr it!!! I just kept staring adn wondering what it was caused by. Of course, you dont know me, so i will tell you that i was a very supernatural,horror, thrill-seeking lover, and that i hoped something would follow the creepy glow like a murder, not to me but , ya i guess you get it. Well i ended up going back to bed. the next morning I woke up to find my window opened. I wondered whether my mom opened it....so i went and asked, she went running back to room white faced and scared out of her mind. She said that something terible was happening, and not only to us. She said that nothign was working in the world. I was confused obviously, being no older than 15. She pointed to my alarm clocka nd said "LOOK!!!! Its not working is it, neither is the phoen, our car, the radios, the television, or any appliances, and thats only the beggining!!!" She picked me up and took me to her room where she told me to look out the fornt window. Slowly I walked over to one of the two windows in ehr room and gasped when i finally looked out, the sky was still green, no surprise, but also their were strange li9nes all over the streets, strange markings. I started to walk backwards and turned to look at my mother, "Where is daddy?" i asked, " I have no idea sweety, i wish i knew but i dont!!!" I could feel the tears wellign up in my eyes, this scared me even more than the green skya nd strange markings. i ran to my room for my walkie-talkie that my bestfriend Cherrie had the other too, "Cherrie!!?? Can you hear me!!???" i yelled into the walkie talkie, " Kaitlynn!!?? Im here, Have you loooked outside!!!??" she answered, "Yess!! And my father is missing!! Is yours??" i asked, "Noooo....?", she replied seemingly confused. My mother came back inot my rooma nd asked how Cherrie was, i said she wasnt missing her.

Hours later we realized mine was the only one missing. My father, David L.Reckley was cheif of the police station, and i was proud of it. how could my big, strongm police Daddy be the oonly person missing!!?? I thought back to the night, did i hear him during the night come home??? I decided to og ask mommy whether or not she knew whether he ever came hoem last night."No Kaitlynn Honey, he didn't...".Hmmmmm.... this could mena anything, it could simply be an accident that happened at work that we arent aware of yet since all the phones arent working at the moment. I told mommy this and she seemed to consider it for a moment but said yes, but your father called at nine saying he would be home at in ten minutes, so if their was an accident, it was on the way home and it probably wasnt discovered yet. I could feel the tears coming again and i turned around and went to my room to cry, I wouldnt be weak in front of mommy, not when she needed me the most!!!When i was done shedding my tears, i blew my nose and brushed my tangled hair, and then started the search for ym lip chap. while i did thsi i heard a blood-curdling scream come form what sounded like the kitchen downstairs. I started to run down the five four flights of stairs towards the kitchen. We lived in a four story high home, inherited by my great,great,great grandmother Josephine, very rich but crazy. She hung herself in our cellar, which i am never alowd to go, but went anyways, i can feel her the strongest down their, her ghost still walks these floors, im sure of it. Wheni got to the kitchen i looked for mommy, but there was no sign of her anywhere. i started for the hallway that leads to the library when I i heard a footstep behind me and the it all wnet black.
TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

Two young women that are relatives, have recently had a miscarriage. One had no insurance and had to wait hours in the waiting room clinic. The other young woman, upper middle class, with medical insurance.

The woman with no insurance who I took to the clinic said that she was miscarrying. They told her to go home, cramping and bleeding and was told to have the miscarriage natural. While I was there, I brought the subject up to the Doctor. I said my mother's generation (80's) had a D & C when she miscarried. My generation (50"s) was told the same thing they told my mother. They said it was best to have a D & C to make sure all tissue was cleaned out so you didn't have to worry about getting an infection.

The other young woman with insurance was also told to go home and have the miscarriage naturally.

I admit I'm too cynical and I don't trust what Doctors are saying and I don't trust what the insurance says or does. I had 2 miscarriages which was emotionally traumatic. I can't imagine going through it naturally.

I've tried to ask different doctors why they are doing it that way. They said miscaring naturally was safer and healthier.

Now, am I nuts, or are the insurance companies and the hospitals trying to get out of paying for a D & C? Are there any doctors or nurses that I could actually believe, tell me whats going on.

Sincerely, Brenda Caudill

Hi Ladies,
This is an interesting article:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2004/11/10_400.html#comments_top

Why should life be so stressful? We are smart enough to make a better life for everyone in our "super" country. Super is as super does...

Hi, I also wanted to share the opposite of a scary story- it could have been better- like moms in England who get 6 months, but I know I was extremely fortunate. I had been with my company about 5 years when I got pregnant and I live in California which fortunately has FMLA and PFL so I was able to take about 9 weeks off and integrate my benefit time from my company with the 'disability' pay so I got full pay. My husband was also able to take a couple weeks off with PFL.

When I came back to work part time, at first I brought my baby and gradually worked back up to full time. I breastfed in my office and my co-workers were really supportive of having my baby there (it probably helped that he was (is) an angel!) So I didn't have to leave him in someone else's care until he was nearly 4 months. That was hard enough on me I don't know how it would have been if I had to do that at 6 weeks!! I continue to pump at work and have a flexible enough schedule to work around childcare hours.

Although I can hardly complain about my situation- it could have been better, in America we should have more time with our children, especially mothers (or fathers) who are starting off without a partner. It's so different from company to company and state to state and even within companies. For instance in our company how much benefit time you can take depends on how much you have accrued at the time of the leave- so if your leave happens to fall at the end of your benefit year, you can only take what ever benefit time you have left. The policy really should be standardized and the leave should be more heavily subsidized so companies like mine ( a non-profit) don't have to nickel and dime the lengths of the leaves and worry about extending too much paid time off and having the woman not return to work. For so many families who are working so hard make things right for their children, the situations are just sad and maddening. Clearly we need more mothers to be politicians... but then way too much would get done in DC... now that's a scary thought!