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Marc Anthony Bookal, missing 4 year old

A desperate search is underway for 4-year-old, Marc Anthony Bookal. The toddler vanished more than 48 hours ago from his Newburgh, NY home, while under the care of his mother’s boyfriend, Cory Byrd. Byrd, whose history includes a criminal conviction for reckless child endangerment, told cops that Marc vanished just before he was to take the boy to visit a relative.
Marc Bookal / Courtesy: City of Newburgh Police Dept.
Marc Bookal / Courtesy: City of Newburgh Police Dept.

Today cops are combing areas near the boy’s home, including a waterfront and a local cemetery. The Hudson River is located approximately five blocks from the home where Marc was last seen. Investigators are also going door-to-door and checking abandoned buildings for any sign of the toddler.

An Amber Alert was not issued, police say, because there is no witnessed abduction in the case and because no vehicle is believed to be involved in Marc’s disappearance. Marc weighs 42 pounds and stands 3-and-a-half feet tall. He was wearing a red, long-sleeve shirt, gray Rocawear sweatpants and Nike Uptown sneakers when he was last seen. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Newburgh Police Department at (800) 346-3543.

Miracle at Memorial: Mom and Baby Die During Labor, Revived

Miracle at Memorial: Mom and Baby Die During Labor, Revived



Some are calling it a Christmas miracle... a mom and her baby die during labor, but doctors at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs were able to bring them both back to life.

FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE (sounds too good to pass up, I love anything sweet lol)

FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

1 1/2 stick butter
1 1/2 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 loaf Pepperidge Farm bread white (1 lb.)
6 eggs
2 c. milk
Maple syrup

Use a 9x12 inch dish. Melt 1 1/2 stick of butter and add 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon; make a paste and spread over bottom of dish.

Use only white Pepperidge Farm bread (this recipe will take a 1 lb. loaf). Remove crusts. Layer two slices of bread and fill in sides and ends with smaller pieces.

Beat 6 eggs and add 2 cups milk. Pour over top. Cover and refrigerate. Bake 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees. Drizzle maple syrup on top and run under broiler until brown and bubbly.

Meet the teacher day.

Today we get to meet the teacher. Two different schools and three different teachers, I am hoping that my kids enjoy this year in school. I want them to always enjoy school, or at least enjoy it longer than I did, lol. I was moved around from school to school as a child. My kids don't have to do that, don't have to worry about making new freind every few months. I can at least know that they have that and that's enough to make me feel better. Knowing I know quite a few teachers and a lot of the staff at the Elementary school already. Knowing that it's a great school with equally great teachers that genuinely care for their students.

Back to school time.

It's back to school time and once again we face the hectic task of getting everything on the list that the teacher mailed. This year I have 3 out of 4 kids in school and the youngest one going is 5. Although he may be in Pre-K versus Kindergarten (the jury is still out) I'm still a little worried. He was recently diagnosed with high functioning autism and all this is new to me. Letting him go where strangers will care for him is a little hard for me. But I know it's best for him. Speech therapy and occupational therapy, interaction with kids his age that aren't his siblings. I know he'll like it and he'll benefit from it. He's going to a great school full of awesome teachers and great staff. It's just hard to let him go without feeling that panic rise up at someone else caring for my special needs child. Wow, I amazed myself. Good thing I don't voice this to my hubby who is more afraid then I am about letting him go, lol.

My mom

Well the doctors have run every test known to man on my mom and they tell us that it's not Polymositis. My mom has Fibromyalgia, a form of Schleroderma, and Leukemia. She also has severe asthma, high blood pressure and is a borderline diabetic on top of all this. But to be honest things could be worse. Where as at first I was petrified when they were still not sure exactly what was wrong. Now they know, soon she will start an aggressive round of Chemo. I am calm, even though I know the road is long and it will suck I know my mom will pull through. The women in my family are just tough that way. We've had to be.



We've now found out that her chemo will begin in July. She's scared and so am I but right now she needs me to be a shoulder she can lean on so I am strong for her. As she has been for me at various points in my life. I will be there in any way I am able.