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This one has me rolling!

Steven Curtis Chapman's 5-year-old daughter passes away in driveway accident ...

Maria Sue Chapman was taken by LifeFlight to Vanderbilt Hospital, which confirmed her death, according to Laura McPherson, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The 5-year-old was hit by an SUV driven by her teenage brother. The teen was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser down the driveway of the rural home at about 5:30 p.m. and several children were playing in the area, McPherson said. He did not see Maria in the driveway before the vehicle struck her, she said.

"It appears to be a terrible accident," McPherson said.

Several family members reportedly witnessed the accident, which occurred in Williamson County, just north of Nashville.

It's so sad to hear about any child's life being lost. As you probably know, Chapman is an award-winning Christian singer and advocate of international adoption. He has 6 children, 3 of which were girls adopted from China.

While I agree this is a tragic accident, I have to wonder how something like this can happen.

Reports indicate that several people were outside where the accident occured.
Why would children be allowed to play in the driveway in the first place?!
Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems to be an accident caused by carelessness. I won't dare say it is bad parenting, because I've learned you can't watch a child 24 hours a day. You can tell a child to keep their hands out of a cookie jar, but the moment you turn your back you'll find chocolate on their face (or so that was me, anyway).

I just can't see how something like this can happen.
You have children playing in a driveway, obviously where cars are pulling in and out, and no one bothered to remove the children from the situation? Is that not common sense? Do they not have a backyard?

It's sad a life is lost, but even more sad that if happened so carelessly.

Randomness at its finest ... or at least that's what I'm telling myself

So it has come to my attention that I haven’t blogged in an ungodly length of time … hence my entry today.

From what I understand, these things are supposed to be about the latest and greatest happenings (baby showers are fun!), personal achievements (yay, I made it to the bathroom today!), and deep thoughts (What the heck is Idaho anyway … I mean, when was the last time you heard of something coming out of Idaho? The potato that supposedly comes out of Idaho is really from Ireland. Have you heard of any big event happening like "____: Live from Idaho!" I mean, I don't know of anyone from Idaho, therefore it doesn't exist).

I guess the reality of it is simply that I am excessively boring. I never have big events in which to share.
So, I’ll do my best to make this a lot more spunky, and a lot less boring dribble.

Let’s see …
There are a few things that have happened in May that were fun for me. May 3rd was the Otep show. You all should know by now much I enjoy the band, musically and personally, so that was an exciting evening. I’ve practically broken records with my number of attendances at Otep shows. I’m cool like that, you know.
I’ll share a few pictures I took at the venue:
[Editor’s note: I’m writing this in Word, which I will then paste into my Blogspot … so if I just so happen to forget to paste any of these pictures I mention, you’ll have to forgive my loopiness. It happens a lot.]







The next morning we drove to Waxahachie for Scarborough Fair. I’d actually never been, so it was so exciting.
We made an immediate B-line to the turkey leg vendor … I didn’t love it as much as I expected to, so I ate a few bites and found the Scottish Eggs.
Oh my gosh ...
Imagine this if you will:
A boiled egg with sausage around it, then fried (or baked – I don’t know, I didn’t cook it!).
Holy batman.
We went back for seconds, obviously.
We had a great day just walking, catching a few shows, walking, window shopping, walking, and eating. Oh, and walking.
I brought my camera along for this event too. I know, I know … I have skills. Err, I mean, I try. [Positive reinforcement Jill, positive reinforcement ...]







Good times ...
Good times ...

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Oh yea, I almost forgot ...
Wouldn't you label these two as Fashion Faux Pas ... even for Scarborough?



... I mean seriously ... velvet stretch pants? Purple strap sandals?

I need a nap.