Jen's rants

I was thinking today that maybe I should change this to a rant blog..... Not that it is my intention to always rant about the little things that annoy me and cause me dismay, but it seems that is what I have been doing lately. Reminder to self....come here to blog about the wonderful things also.....
With that said there was an event that happened on the fourth just fifteen minutes from us. You can find the story here, http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_071207_news_amber_alert_death.6d4192ee.html. Seems that a 12 year old girl's father asked her to go get her siblings from the house while the family was enjoying fireworks and she was snatched while in the ally that runs to her home. Her body was found less than a week later. Scary stuff and my heart goes out to her parents. At times I wonder if I keep my children too close to me, if it is good for them or if I am being overzealous about protecting them. Then something likes this reminds me that it is my obligation to protect my children and at all times do what is best for them. I count my blessings every day and that includes my children being safely at home with me.
Secondly, in my endeavor to be learned about the choices I am making on behalf of my children I have found this article. Some anti- immunizers can come off as radical or somewhat of a crackpot. Here is one who knows his stuff and presents it in an educated manner. At the same time he recognizes the benefits of some immunizations and has offered an immunization schedule that even I can almost live with. It calls for no immunizations under the age of 2, no immunizations that contain live viruses or mercury, and Pertussis (acellular, not whole), Diptheria, Tetanus and Polio be given starting at age two, every six months, one at a time. Hmm......that may be acceptable :) Find the whole article here http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller15.html
I have decided that I hold a greater and deeper respect for individuals whose choices run counter to communities dictates. For instance with both homeschooling and deciding to not immunize our children I have found that those people who have made the same choices I have are really quite learned on the subjects and have investigated in depth. In contrast, those that I get objection and flak from have often not researched or studied their opinion very well. Seems they just follow the crowd without asking questions because in our society you are not encouraged to ever think for yourself and much less research a topic to find your own opinion. Nope, much easier to just pick the popular thought and jump on the bandwagon. Then if something happens you are not to blame, the school is, or the Dr. is. but you have succesfully absolved your responsibilitie by following along.