Thanks Dot for the encouragement. Sorry to miss you Shirley, unless I sell a motza tomorrow I will probably try to find a market closer to home. Leaving home before sunrise isn't worth it for just a couple of sales. So if the markets advertising actually brings in a crowd of customers, it would be worth the effort.
The baby story is tragic, but there is hope for him. I am told that I weighed my birth weight when I turned 2 years old, and look at me now!!!!
I believe that the agencies involved are doing their best, but the regulations and over interference from the powers that be, are restricting the case workers from doing what they consider to be the right thing by the kids. I do know this from a case worker who nearly had a nervous breakdown over breaking the rules in order to save a little life. Kid survived and case worker quit the job.