what in the fresh hell did I just read? jesus h. Christ. jesus wept.
A community gathered at the riverfront in downtown Natchitoches, on Saturday, for a prayer vigil and balloon release in memory of 6-month-old Levi Cole Ellerbe.
"Things like this never happen here," Edney said. "That's why we need prayer in this small town because we all are shaken. Doesn't matter your color, your religion It's not about that. Everybody pulled together, came together."
what in the fresh hell did I just read? jesus h. Christ. jesus wept.
I agree with your post.
While by far the most tragic thing I’ve EVER read, people in this beautiful tiny town are not yet searching for reasons this happened.
Until that hapoens it could happen again. And it’s nice reputation for being a pretty community chosen to film steel magnolias will not cover for this heinous murder.
Isn’t anyone as angry at this as I am.
Child abuse and addiction aren’t new societal problems so, unfortunately, the death of Levi won’t do anything to fix it. The problems are much deeper.
I was angry, I still am actually, and I do take blame as a member of society for not reaching outta people who need help. I’ve had many family members and friends who are/were addicts and it’s so incredibly difficult to help them. I’ve also had postpartum depression and anxiety (though I don’t know if that’s the case here). A lot of people don’t reach out for help because they know they’ll be judged and I’ve seen a lot of that in posts regarding this case (and others). I can guarantee that his family and the community are doing some soul searching. I’m thousands of miles from there and it has caused me to change my viewpoint on things. Maybe that’s Levi’s legacy, I don’t know, but I’ve done a lot of praying to help me understand why this has affected me so much and what I can do to help others that might be in a similar place.
I feel that once the trial starts, we’ll be able to get some idea of what transpired and it will help us to make sense and move forward. Until then, I’m not going to place blame because I’m not the Judge and I’m not without sin. I’ll just try to add some positivity to the world in remembrance of this sweet baby.
This is the reason that many countries financially support single mothers at least until their children are of school age. With that support come other checks.
This is the reason that many countries financially support single mothers at least until their children are of school age. With that support come other checks.
Word.I’m curious how many of you have ever dealt with addicts as family members or friends...it’s extremely difficult to help them and they’re very good at hiding things. Besides, you can’t just take someone’s baby.
We can point fingers and say they should have done this or that but it makes no difference for Levi at this point. I’ve seen a lot of generalizing and, frankly, that’s one of the issues we have as a society which leads to these problems. Why should people ask for help if they believe what society tells them about their worth?
Everyone should look inside themselves, not just his family and community. We are all part of something bigger than ourselves so to say that soul searching should be done, well, it needs to start with each of us. Look into programs such as CASA, be a mentor to young mothers, volunteer with other at-risk youth. I’m tired of people being keyboard warriors and not doing anything to solve the problem.
Hi Labor Day, just saw the alert you liked a post, anyway so glad to see you here in Baby Levi’s thread, I was just thinking about Mollie Tibbet’s case and asked myself the question I just realized I seem to have asked so many times in other threads due to Travis Forbes predator lighting fires....anyway was just thinking about the horrible horrible irony that I never would have thought to ask that here.
“Any suspicious fires in the area?”
Despicable. Heartbreaking. No words.Hi Margarita my friend! I've been away from WS for a couple of weeks. I remember commenting back when poor little Levi was found and I read the egg donors fantastical story, that I would wait until the autopsy results were in. My first thought was that there was abuse happening and the fire was an attempt to cover it up. I don't believe the autopsy results have been released (I may have missed them). But that doesn't really explain two women being involved. Perhaps these two thought that if Levi was seriously injured, a go fund me would rake in the cash. There's just no making sense of what sociopaths do. Sweet little Levi. He must have been so confused and scared. His own mother doing this to him. It just tears me up inside.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess she has a drug history. Maybe meth, moo.
I bet both of these women were collecting checks from the State and/or Federal Govt.
Gross...no...I’ll pass and take your word for it.I’ll bet so. Have you looked at social media and friends pages. Makes me sick. This was her lifestyle.
Hi Margarita my friend! I've been away from WS for a couple of weeks. I remember commenting back when poor little Levi was found and I read the egg donors fantastical story, that I would wait until the autopsy results were in. My first thought was that there was abuse happening and the fire was an attempt to cover it up. I don't believe the autopsy results have been released (I may have missed them). But that doesn't really explain two women being involved. Perhaps these two thought that if Levi was seriously injured, a go fund me would rake in the cash. There's just no making sense of what sociopaths do. Sweet little Levi. He must have been so confused and scared. His own mother doing this to him. It just tears me up inside. And this is the reason for my being away from WS for a few weeks.
No, I mean real living a good support, for the children's sake. The welfare that I have seen is poverty level stuff.I bet both of these women were collecting checks from the State and/or Federal Govt.