The Cayley Anthony Tragedy

Over the months since the reporting of the disappearance of two year old Caylee Anthony in Florida I have been following the story off and on. From the very beginning I doubted that the child would be found alive, if she were to be found at all. I also believed that the mother had something to do with her death even before she was arrested and all of the evidence against her was annouced by the media.

Why was I so quick to judge this mother of a missing child? To me the answer is simple. I am a mother. I have two beautiful children under the age of two years. If one of them were missing I would be distraught. I would contact every authority I could think of and I would certainly not be going about my daily activities as if nothing was wrong. I cannot fathom waiting weeks to notify authorities that a two year old could not be found and I am sure Casey Anthony would have waited longer if her own mother had not called the police.

Maternal instinct turns the a mother of young children into fierce protectors. A true mother does whatever she has to to keep her child safe. If that child is in danger a true mother goes into full protective mode. A true mother does not act as if her child's crisis is all about her and she certainly does not laugh, smile, and act as if she is the one who is the victim.

I admit in my disgust I have not paid full attention to the reported actions of Casey Anthony, nor her conversations with friends and family. I have heard enough to be sickened and angered whenever I think about the monstrous woman. She never seems to shed a tear, she never seems overly concerned with anyone but herself, she can't seem to tell the truth about anything, and her lack of care for her daughter is very apparent.

A beautiful little girl is dead and has been for quite some time. This child was really just a baby when her life was taken. She was an innocent and she probably loved and trusted her mother very much. I am not sure that investigators will ever find out how Caylee died because of the condition of her tiny body when it was found. My fear is the last feeling this child had was terror of the woman who was supposed to love her and keep her safe. How could this baby's mother look at her precious child and take her life away? It is infuriating and heartbreaking. There are so many people in this world who want children but can't have them. So many people would have loved to raise a child like Caylee and Casey Anthony just threw her away. If this mother did not want to her child anymore why did she not give her to her grandparents or put her up for adoption? There were so many other options besides murder. I suppose one has to have a heart and care about what happens to her baby to consider them...

As I raise my own little ones, the thought that evil in this world in the form of people like Casey Anthony exists is terrifying. It makes me worry more about who they will be exposed to once they are older and I cannot be with them all of the time like I can now when they are babies. I do not understand Casey Anthony's actions and if she ever does give an explanation in the future it will never be enough to make me understand. She was given a gift when her daughter was born and she had no right to destroy it. I hope her daughter haunts her in the future as it appears her death has not affected her presently. I hope she thinks about her night and day as she rots in prison and that the pain of regret is excruciating. Most of all, I hope little Caylee is in heaven right now, laughing and playing and that she has no memory of what her mother did. I hope this little angel is the happiest she has ever been and that she is looking down and protecting those who really did love her, even when her own mother did not.