sorrow

this past saturday evening a friend of ours texted me. it read, "have you heard what happened here? i am a wreck." because my iphone went swimming i am using my moms old phone and don't have all of my contacts in there. i had to ask who the text was from, and what happened where. the reply came with her name, and that a little boy had drowned in their pool. my friends daughter is 17, and she had a coworker over visiting. this coworker is 18 and has 2 year old son. he was playing with my friends 5 and 7 year old boys while the older girls visited. my friend and her hubby were not home. the little boy managed to unlock the back door, get outside, and into the family's above ground pool. they were unable to save him, even with the 17 year old performing cpr. such a sad sad situation. such a tragedy. i dont even know the little boy or his family, yet my heart is breaking for them. my heart is breaking for my friend and her family as well. they are amazing people who i trust fully, they have kept my kids before both at my home and theirs. as has the 17 year old daughter as well. this could happen to anyone folks. anyone with a toddler knows the speed and quietness at which they can travel. its superhuman. saturday night i went to walmart and purchased alarms for my doors, and had the hubby install 2 on our back door that leads to our pool area. i also got online and ordered an alarm for our pool, http://www.yardandpool.com/PoolEye-Universal-Pool-Immersion-Alarm-p/pe23.htm and it is scheduled to ship today and be here in 2 days, so wed or thurs at the latest i should have it here and installed! sure, we just had a new fence put up. it has locks and is extremely sturdy. our kids know they are not to be back there without us. but kids dont always follow rules. and visiting friends may not know the rules. or neighborhood kids could see a gate open and wander in. or teenagers who like to "pool hop" could accidentally get hurt while going around the neighborhood hopping from one home's pool to the next. you just never know. please pray for everyone involved in this tragedy.