Evelyn Dewars

Tennessee has been in the news for the past week or so because a distraught women in Shelbyville returned her adopted son to Russia. She said that he has so many mental health issues that she cannot keep him. Past of the uproar has been due to the fact that she put him on an airplane alone – at just 7 years old – with a note to the Russians instead of going on the plane with him. She claims that she arranged for a Russian man to meet the child at the airport in Moscow and take the child to the proper authorities.

The local sheriff says that he cannot find any laws that have been broken by her actions, so he cannot arrest her for anything.

I say, leave the poor woman alone. She has been through a lot this past year or so and what happens to her family is none of our business. She did her best, and that’s all you can ask of anyone.

One of the girls in our bowling league is a sweet young thing, Deanna Carpenter. She brings her young son to the bowling alley every once in a while, probably when she has an issue finding child care. He is in the second grade and is a very well behaved young man! I just wanted to mention how much I appreciate the young mothers like Deanna who takes good manners very seriously and make an effort to raise their children well.