The Last Days

It seems lately every time I pick up the newspaper, the scripture that in the last days, "people will be without natural affection," comes to mind. How can people do the things that they do to their children?

Three of Abneris Santiago's children were found locked in a nasty motel room bathroom. They were literally starving and at least one has been sexually abused. Authorities say that the children are so malnourished that when they were fed, they couldn't keep the food down. Abneris is described as obese. The children would be there still if Abneris's brother hadn't become concerned and driven down from his home in Ohio. But Abneris is a good mother. She cleaned the broken toilet every day so the children "would be in a clean place." Well, let's make her mother of the year!

Since the original story came out, the boyfriend has said that he had to do what he did. These children, ages 6, 10, and 11, were dangerous, he said. They were rapists, he said. He had to protect people from them, he said. Bless his heart!

Abneris was so afraid of the boyfriend, that she didn't call police even though she left the motel daily to work in a barbecue restaurant. That's her story anyway. I figure it's because she didn't want the police to find her marijuana stash. But she had to smoke it, she says, in order to cope with the situation. She said she knew she had to get out of there before "something really bad happened." Well, we can all breathe a sigh of relief that nothing bad happened to those kids before they were found!

By the way, what do you want to bet they have a Lone Star Card? And what do you want to bet they're not citizens?

"Starved, but not able to eat." The Dallas Morning News; July 21, 2009; p. 1A.