Just to make it clearer. The court yanked me off as my son’s guardian because they wanted someone to rubber stamp whatever was less problematic for the state, as there are no relatives available. They appointed a state employee, a social worker to be his guardian. The first two were so incompetent that I raised hell in court. The third one was excellent but for whatever reason, they switched to another one who is mediocre.

Nothing unkind or negative I said is directed at you personally, so do not take offense.

Civil rights is getting to be such an ugly word it needs to be replaced. Britney is not being punished, she is being prevented from destroying her life.

Maybe Britney’s father was a drunk and a rotten husband to Lynne and neglectful to his children. MAYBE. I have no way of knowing. If he is sober now and is able to take good care of his daughter, better late than never.

Whatever the ultimate cause of Britney’s decompensation, the reality is that it happened and she is now in need of those who love her to make sure she is not swallowed by the whales surrounding her.

Some problems lurk in the background of a young person, waiting for that magical time to strike and destroy a youngster’s life. Certain mental illnesses come full force and strike boys in their early teens, while they strike girls a few years later.

My son, who suffers from that horrible illness, was striken full force in his teens. He is now 36 and his life is destroyed. My son’s father, my ex, was married previously and had a son. That son with his first wife also was striken in his teens. I have no idea what the mental health status is of his other children with his third wife.

Those people who eat from dumpsters are obviously ill and untreated. Yes, indeed, they have all their civil rights intact. Would you like to walk in their shoes? I doubt it.

Those who are able to protect their loved ones who cannot protect themselves, do the best they can, despite all the miscomceptions and cruelty directed at them by the know-it-all, good-for-nothing people who think they have all the answers. The best wake-up is for those “knowledgeable” people to be blessed with a child of their own suffering from the same illness.

You can google and learn all about illnesses, both physical and mental. Since the mind controls the body, robbing a person of his/her mental capacity is the worst cruelty imaginable.

People don’t care one whit about another’s sensibilities. There is never ANY excuse for using that kind of language. It’s too bad people have come to accept gutter language as the norm. I think it’s time they all crawl out of the gutter.

Naomi:

Keep my “2″ cents above in mind when you see someone driving questionably. We all should refrain from showing displeasure too strongly when we do not agree with the next guy’s (or gal’s) driving habits. Motorists fail to realize what consequences their angry gestures at other drivers may ellicit.

Recently, Britney’s bodyguard was booted out and she drove off. I wonder what advice he may have been giving her!

There is no way you or anyone else not familiar with someone suffering from mental illness will ever understand how it affects the person, the person’s family and everuone else involved. Also, there is just so much the parents can do to keep Britney safe from even herself. They cannot lock her up in the house and throw away the key. Hopefully, she will drive safely. Whatever happened in the past while she was driving, such as running over people’s feet, was the people’s fault for hanging onto her car and refusing to allow her to drive away safely. Actually, they deserved to have their foot driven over!

Just as it is difficult to stop the elderly from driving when they no longer can drive safely, the same goes for someone who is not thinking rationally.