The World Of Jadeey


Bush fires

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The bush fires going on in Victoria right now are awful. Yesterday I read that they have almost caught a couple of the arsonists that are to blame. Today I read that there is masses of looting going on around there.

Those things make me terrified. I cannot believe humans can do things like that. I hope those arsonists are feeling truly terrible about themselves right now. I hope they are caught. And I hope they are put away for life... Real life not the pretend life some criminals seem to get.

I also read that Australians have raised $30 million so far. Banks have contributed money, the Australian and NZ cricket teams sold gear, Australian cricket donated all the money they made from last nights game and regular people have donated money.

Those things make me feel good. Maybe not all humans are terrible.

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Poor little boy

Sunday, January 25, 2009
This afternoon a 3 year old boy was killed in Blenheim while playing on the footpath. A car was backing out of its driveway and hit him. It made me really sad when I read about it.

Hitting someone while backing out of my driveway is something that often scares me. Lots of people don't even look into driveways as they are walking along. I try and look really carefully when I'm backing out, but the way the bushes surround our driveway it would be very easy to not see someone in time.

Imagine how the poor driver of that car is feeling today. Very likely it was a neighbour. And that little boy's family. So devasting.

Death is always hard. But death of children has to be the hardest. I fully believe that no parent should have to bury their child.

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