Dad Patrick Clancy runs the Boston Marathon after his wife allegedly strangled all three of his kids to death. Clancy ran the marathon to raise $75,000 for the hospital that treated his kids. "They had short lives, but they had good lives. I love my kids, they're wonderful people," he said. The children's mother, Lindsay Clancy is accused of strangling her own children, 5, 3 and a baby, to death. After harming the kids, Lindsay cut her wrists and jumped out of a bedroom window. She survived but is now paralyzed and facing murder charges. Lindsay reportedly suffered from "postpartum psychosis." "In the short time there were here, my kids brought me so much joy and couldn't have made their dad prouder," Patrick's donation page said. "In many ways, I'm just trying to be more like them. Their passion in life was infectious." "With Cora, Dawson, and Callan in spirit, see you at the finish line."
@CollinRugg Well now there's water leaking out of my eyes.
@CollinRugg Oh, my. I cannot imagine that depth of pain. God bless him and pray for his future. Mental health issues are on the rise. Good for him and the way he is supported by the community.
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day. Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles, and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were truly recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day. Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, which we reused for numerous things, The most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribbling. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags. But too bad we didn't do the green thing back then. We walked upstairs because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day. Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded-up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then. We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades with a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then. Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint. But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then? Please forward this to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart-ass young person.
"I’m not sure who this man is and I’m sure he just wanted to eat his meal in peace, but Brekken had other plans. We took all six kids to eat at Fernando's and all Brekken wanted was to eat with him. He was continuously crying and as I got up to take him to the car, this man asked to get him. Brekken instantly stopped crying and sat and ate chips and salsa and had conversation with him until he was ready to go. Brekken was completely content and told him bye like he had known him his whole life. It’s the small things! So, if you know him, please tell him again I said thank you. He didn’t have to do what he did but completely made Brekken’s whole day. ❤️" *Update: His name is Darius West. Credit: Amy Wadford
@CollinRugg It’s actually pretty wild what postpartum can do to women after birth… when untreated things like this can happen. You truly not yourself… it’s very crazy. This is a very sad story, happens more than we realize.
@CollinRugg Mfer was probably running from his wife! 😂😂😂 No but this is very tragic