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Warning: This is a depressing post.
Yesterday, I picked up a Newsweek magazine. It contained a number of photos of the destruction in Haiti. One image in particular, will haunt me forever. The scene was of a courtyard filled with the bodies of those who did not survive the quake. I felt like an intruder on very sacred ground.
The image that will haunt me forever was of a little girl. She couldn't have been more than three or four years old. And her hair had been done in cute little ponytails with pink ribbons. Amid all of that death, dirt, agony, a little girl with bright, clean, pink ribbons in her hair. . . . . . . .
Did her mother survive? Was her mother lying next to her, caring for her in death as she had so obviously cared for her in life?
Little ponytails with pink ribbons . . . . . . . . . I won't ever forget.
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It was indeed, depressing. But worthwhile. So sad. But so fun to see you blogging. Now I can really delve into BJ's deepest thoughts. If I dare. . . :) You can come visit me too, although my thoughts aren't nearly so deep, frequently involve things like cakes and dresses I make, and an overabundance of my adoreable children. Do you think they'll appreciate this in a few years?
ReplyDeleteThat is so sad! Whenever I hear of children dying or suffering, I think of Sadie and it kills me.
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