Dear Pop Tart,<BR>With any luck you will read this before doing anything to ruin your chances of enjoying a normal life with your child.<P>How do you think that sweet child would feel to know that the woman called "mommy" cared little enough to prevent a life of instability and risk?<P>You would feel much prouder to be seen in the eyes of all as a caring parent who is committed to raising her child in a lifestyle of compassion and caring rather than "do as I say, not as I do". Teach her by example. <P>Please focus your energies on raising a healthy happy child. You will both reap the rewards from her genuine happy smiles. You will grow old happy if you know that you made a positive difference in the life of your child and the benefits will keep growing and growing.<P>May you find peace within yourself and be the mother your child dreams of having.<p>[This message has been edited by LisaM (edited February 14, 2000).]