Subject: babies in books and tv

I have to be very careful what I read or watch anymore. It is pretty amazing how many tv shows and books have sad baby themes. They come out of nowhere and the tears start flowing.

I was reading a book about lepers in Moloka'i, thought it was safe, lepers, not babies. Yet in the middle, she has a baby, and she is not allowed to touch her own child. She visits here child for a year, behind glass, and then watches her child leave on a boat to be adopted. This made my heart die inside.

I'm watching Grey's Anatomy as I write this. They took away the child that they are trying to adopt. I can't even imagine losing a child just within your reach. My eyes well up just thinking about it.

How is it that books about lepers and medical dramas have story lines about babies being ripped from their mother's arms? How can I know that I am safe to read/watch something anymore? I don't want sadness...but it seems inescapable!

Make it stop! I want to read books about happy families with perfect babies. Shouldn't that be easy enough?