Fine. I'll be quiet for a bit, and instead let you read an article by the Suburban Chicago Newspapers on three women who are fighting the good fight: Annette Zender, Carroll White and Kirsten Tippett.

I met Annette at the Battered Mothers' Custody Conference in Albany in January. All three of these ladies have found themselves in horrible circumstances. And rather than giving up, they're trying to make sure that others don't find themselves similarly situated. This makes some judges and attorneys rather uncomfortable, but that's OK. It should be called embarassment at the situations they've created.

OK, I'll shut up before I start preaching. More.