Blessings Left in Hot Cars

"She gets out of the car, grabs her purse, keys, and coffee.  She walks into the building and never looks back.  At lunch, she realizes something is wrong and runs to her car.  Her child is in the back seat near death or dead because she forgot to drop him/her off at daycare."  

This statement hurts me every time that I read it in the news.  It seems to prevalent these days.  It's like we have placed value on the wrong things.  We have been given the privilege to raise blessings.  We have been given the privilege of taking care of a precious life that is not our own.  Why can't we realize this is a privilege and not just another chore?


I cry as I type this because it disturbs me so much that I can't even hold back the emotion.    An acquaintance of mine went through this over a year ago in the winter, and it still haunts me to this day.  It's not just hot cars, but cold cars as well.  I pray that God helps me to come to grips with what the little 7-month old blessing went through in that car all by himself for too long.  I roll EVERY window down even when I am filling up the car with my blessings in the car just to look at them.  I keep the air conditioner on as well because I can't fathom this


I follow a lot of Mom Blogs, and MomLogic just posted a Babies Left in Hot Cars article.  Please take a moment to read this.


Here is another article by Parenting.com which has some good tips to IMPLEMENT! Tragedy in the Back Seat

Here is a new article about blessings in hot cars from The Kid's Doctor.