11:53am - Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2006
Andrea Yates
Andrea Yates was granted bail today. I hope she gets the mental help that she needs.
I remember hearing about her for the first time and being so horrified by what she did to her children. Then I remember the day when I understood and horribly enough, identified. Solely by God's grace are my children and I here. I am so thankful to him for speaking when He did and I grieve for Andrea.
On the day I came to understand her I thought of her. And she didn't seem so crazy to me. Her actions made sense to me. I didn't feel like I could continue on but I didn't want my children to grow up under anothers care nor did I want them to deal with the hurt and betrayal of me knowing I had abandoned them. Taking them with me truly made the most sense to me.
Of course, now I understand what post-partum depression is. It is why I am having no more children. It is why I have researched PPD. It is why I have looked into hormonal imbalances, which run in my family. It is why I pray for my neices so desperately and try to pass on what I have learned. And it is why I understand Andrea Yates and I pray that she will get the help that she needs. I am thankful that her children are now in the arms of our heavenly father with no more tears and no pain and hopefully someday they will be with their mother - in a new body, with the mind of Christ, whole and complete. If you want to pass judgement on Andrea Yates - or me for that matter- first pray to God in heaven, creator of the universe, the beginning and the end, and ask to see us through his eyes.
