Sadness in Noble

Mama talked with a reporter from The Norman Transcript today. The Medical Examiner's office ruled Stephanie Wilcoxson's death a suicide...

She was 11 years old and killed herself by overdosing on methadone.

Mama is so sad and so angry at the same time. How can an 11 year old feel so unloved and unwanted by their only parent that they see suicide as the only option?

Was the methadone in the home? OSBI stated that Stephanie was dead for quite some time before the mother reported it. How does a mother not know that their young daughter is dead in the home for several days? That's easy...she had to know unless she didn't come home.

Wouldn't that be grounds for neglect or at the very least endangerment?

There are many people in this world that should be happy that Mama is not God. This would be an Ananias moment.

Mama's own 11 year old son asked why an 11 year old would want to die.

An 11 year old girl killed herself. No one helped her. Unloved. Unwanted. No one she felt she could talk to....as someone who once experienced suicidal ideations (but not that young) Mama can assure you that's exactly how she felt.

My ON TIME GOD

Actually written in the first person because it is copied from Mama's other blog


I want to tell you just how GOOD GOD is. I am posting this on all THREE of my blogs.

Yesterday Crown Prince Monkey Butt was VERY sick when he got up. I just knew something was wrong. He wouldn't eat. He said his stomach hurt, but since Crown Prince Bryonicle had a bug the other day....I thought my feelings must be wrong. He wanted to go to school so I let him even though he didn't eat.

By 9:30 he called me from school crying. I talked to the secretary (because who needs a school nurse) and she said Monkey Butt was doubled over crying it hurt so much.

I left work...and who knew that a 2004 Buick could REALLY do 110 MPH? Anyway - I prayed all the way. I asked God to touch my baby. He had complained it was the right side of his belly down in the lower quadrant. I called my pastor's wife to pray. I texted (not while driving) to ask friends that I knew could touch God to pray.

I made it back to Noble in less than 30 minutes. I work almost in Edmond. I ran INTO the school and found him laying on the floor in the nurse's room. My grandmother was a nurse so I did to him what she did to me what I was about 12 when she thought it might be my appendix. I did the leg test and the rapid push test (no that's not the medical term...). Both made the pain unbearable for him.

So he got his first ride in an ambulance.... His oxygen levels varied between 81 and 90 and his pulse was very high. The paramedic (that we kind of know because Monkey Butt goes to school with his son) was concerned that it might be appendicitis before I said that I thought it might be that.

The doctor came in almost immediately after they started an IV and started asking questions...did he feel hungry today, where's the pain, did the pushing around...and by this time the pain was also around his belly button. The doctor said he was sure it was his appendix, but let's run a CT scan to be sure. Mind you, this whole time...God's people were praying. They gave Monkey Butt morphine (which made America's Funniest Home Videos even FUNNIER for him) and the delicious iodine laced Crystal Light.

Before we even went back to for the CT he turned to me and said, "Mama - I'm hungry." We (Nana Beachy, Almost Prince Charming, the nurse, and I) joked about it probably just being the drugs taking the pain away.

After the CT we had to wait almost three hours for the results. I've never watched so many episodes of Garfield in my life. The CT scan came back clean and there was no infection in his blood work. His official diagnosis from the ER was abdominal pain, but my official diagnosis was a problem with an appendix that was fixed by the Great Physician. Sorry - but you don't go in with so many people and so many different things showing a problem with an appendix and then, after much prayer, have a doctor tell you they can't see anything.

We serve an ON TIME, MERCIFUL, and LOVING GOD. I am so thankful that He touched my baby.

Monkey Butt is still home today recovering from his ordeal, but God touched Him. There's NO doubt about it.

Oklahoma Family Policy Council

What can Mama say besides wow?! Mama was so glad to come across such a wonderful organization on Facebook. Mama is a fan and recently visited their website.

They support the sanctity of human life and stand for many other important issues including teen purity, tax reform, and local control of the schools.

They are hosting a family day in April. Mama thinks you should check it out! It will be held at the State Capital building. For more information, visit their website.

Hey Oprah - Shut Up

Dear Oprah -

Once again you've opened your mouth about something Mama is positive you know nothing about. You have no child of your own. You have never parented a teenager...let alone a teen who had a baby out of wedlock. Since so many women, for reasons Mama cannot really begin to fathom, look up to you why don't you stick to topics to which you can relate?

Bristol Palin made a brave choice to announce that she would wait until marriage before she had sex again. What do you do? You attack her decision like a coward and tell her "good luck". It is obvious you've never parented a child...let alone been a teen mother OR a single parent.

Mama was a teen mother AND a single parent. Bristol Palin should be applauded for her decision, supported for it, and looked up to instead of women like you who open their mouths without a single clue.

Your de minimis opinion is exactly why the teenage pregnancy rate goes up. Young women continue to hear that sex is good. It is good....and it is better in the confines of marriage. Young women hear that they can't withstand the pressure (gee Oprah thanks for the vote of confidence in today's young women...why not just come right out and tell them it's okay to be treated like unpaid whores?).

Hey Oprah - shut up. You're certainly no parenting expert...and frankly Mama is dancing with anticipation for when your show...your tired, liberal, false prophecy drivel...goes off of the air.

Marriage Secret

Mama had a great laugh about 40 seconds ago. Mama was channel surfing and saw something on CNN about the "secret" to a happy marriage for the Obamas. Mama will admit to being slightly intrigued. Mama kept the urge to throw the remote at the TV under control while listening to the gossip and droning about some nobody being addicted to plastic surgery.

Ready for the secret to a long and happy marriage? Mrs. Obama watches ESPN Sports Center in the morning with President Obama while they work out and she knows her sports.

Mama thought she might have a Linda Blair moment. There was no reference to making time for one another....or doing cute little things...or the importance of treating each other as a boyfriend / girlfriend...or the marriage being God centered.

Wow - if Mama knew that's all there was to a happy marriage maybe Mama would have started ignoring her beloved's needs long ago and just sat down and watched ESPN (with a barf bag close by). Mama didn't realize that a marriage depended on watching on television show that is almost as exciting as watching spackle dry. We all know just how exciting it is to watch spackle dry...Mama did it today while patching nail holes in the youth room at church. Mama thought she might have to fan herself.

Oh, and just in case you were wondering...they only let their daughters watch TV on weekends...and only Nick and Disney. Apparently the Obama adults haven't (a) watched some of the "pre-teen" shows on either channel or (b) realized that some of our more...uh...questionable "role models" for young women came from those channels. Who really wants their daughters looking up to Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera?

Well, Mama has to close for now. Looks like Mama needs to get rid of The Love Dare, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage, and the Bible. Turns out all Mama needs is ESPN. Huh.

Party Crashers

So Mama heard from a little bird that some party crashers showed up to the big Tea Party Event held at the Bricktown Coca Cola Center. They were handing out CDs. Now, unfortunately Mama was under the weather and didn't get to attend...which means Mama did not get a CD.

Of course from what Mama heard (hear say! hear say!) they never quite said what their stance was about anything. Mama is not going to give out the links directly because Mama will not support 9/11 conspiracy theorists...

It is a group called We Are The Change Oklahoma. Mama hasn't been out of college too terribly long. Mama remembers that her Legal Research and Writing professors taught her something very valuable. If you can't find legitimate contact information OR an address OR when the site was last updated...you probably shouldn't use it.

Mama did a little digging on the site. They listed the fakest phone number on the doman registry information. Ever. It looks like the address is either a PO Box at a UPS store (which in itself is not a sin....) or ran behind another company in a certain shopping district in Moore.

Yet...no legitimate contact information? Do they really expect to be taken seriously? Mama found out as much as she could and handed it off to someone very special. This very special person did a little more digging and found out that at some point this particular group was once known as End The Fed OKC and had a different contact name listed and the link will purposely break if you do not take out the www. It redirects you to a youtube channel.

People....please...if you aren't invited to a party...and particularly if your beliefs do not in any way, shape, or form line up with the group you are around...perhaps you should find your own party goers.

Additionally, if you are going to try and scam people for money you might want to run a better front.

That's Mama's opinion. Mama wouldn't support either organization and she doesn't think you should either. Should such a group garner your interest do your homework on the organization AND the people running it.

Bad Parenting 101

Gather round, children, and learn from the stupidity of others.

This one was particularly engaging.

Mama says never engage in a kidnapping hoax...