Last week I read heard about a tragic event for a family in NYC. It brought me to tears even. The unthinkable, the unimaginable happened to this poor family...
A mother came home to her apartment to find her two children ages 2 and 6 stabbed to death in the bathtub. The nanny who was caring for them was found nearby with stab wounds to herself. I couldn't even believe what I was reading. My heart went out for this woman, I just couldn't believe something like this could happen. But it did, and it does.
This families lifestyle is very different yet so much like mine....One main part that I connected with is that she is a mommy blogger, just like me. She blogged about her kids, trips to the park, the pumpkin patch, birthdays...just as I do with Hunter. She did the same stuff with her kids, she's just a regular mom. Sadly she even wrote a blog entry just hours before this happened.
The second I read this story I just wanted to hug my Hunter..
I've read some people's thoughts on this event recently, they ranged from caring and compassionate to "that's why I would never hire a nanny" or "that's why I'm a stay at home mother"....how insensitive is that? It just really bothered me that someone could say something like that. Like this poor mother would have hired someone she didn't trust or thought wasn't a great person with children. Apparently they got great references and even went through a prominent NYC "nanny hiring company". I'm sure they did all the rights things...but unfortunately, if someone just "snaps" and goes crazy you can't always tell or see the signs. This nanny had no criminal record, no questionable past. So for some people to judge someone in this situation is just awful.
Some of the worst crimes have been done by "stay at home mommies". Remember Susan Smith and Andrea Yates? What it comes down to is just awful crimes have been done by all kinds of people and it's never okay, no matter who does this. I pray for this family and the kids who's lives have ended way to soon.
Please say a little prayer for Kevin and Marina Krim and their family.....
R.I.P. Lulu and Leo Krim
Great post Kjersta. It is so so sad, I dont even know what I would do if I was in her shoes. Those poor precious babies. I have been praying for them.
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