Tonight as I was checking my facebook before bed, I saw that a friend had joined a group against child abuse and the photo for that group was a picture of a little girl around the same age as Nicholas with her face all scratched and beat up with a black eye sucking on a pacifier.
It made me cry.
It made me angry. REALLY angry.
I saw a video several months back on the same website about a 6 month-old baby girl who suffered horrendous abuse before dying at the hands of her abusive parents.
The images have never left my mind. Not a day has passed that I have not thought about and prayed for these little angels who don't know love. It truly breaks my heart that children suffer so much when they are so vulnerable.
It is intolerable.
It is cruel.
It is heartless.
I know that I am being called to do something for these kids, but I don't know what it is. I have been praying and contemplating what it is that I can do to help these innocent lives but I don't have any answers. All I know is that my heart breaks every single time I think about this and I just feel as if I want to scream. I want to hurt the child abusers and make them suffer the way these children have.
If anyone has any suggestions of ways I can help (big or small) please let me know. At this point I feel so helpless that this injustice is going on in a world where I live and I just know I have to do something. Here I am trying to save my little boy from an incurable disease while perfectly healthy, beautiful children are being tortured at the hands of their abusers. It's not okay and I will not tolerate it.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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- Jessica
- Washington, United States
- We are the Gustafsons: Daddy Jeff, Mommy Jessica, Big Brother Nicholas and Little Sister Elizabeth. We started our blog in 2008 when our son was born as a way to document our life. Jeff and I feel so blessed to be parents to two amazing kids. Our oldest, Nicholas, was diagnosed with a terminal condition called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. We are praying for a cure for Nicholas and all children who suffer from this physically limiting diagnosis. We are also parents to a little girl who who brings us sunshine and laughter everyday. We treasure every moment with our sweet kiddos. Please let us know you visited our blog by leaving us comment. May God bless you today and always.
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3 comments:
I have the same feelings. It sickens me. And children with special needs are especially susceptible to abuse from parents who blame them for their disabilities. And somehow, because the children aren't "perfect", these criminals think they are justified. No abuse of a child is okay. None. These people are monsters. I hope you find what a way to give back. I am still searching my heart, too.
Great post Jess. Check this out. I had a simiar inspiration a few years ago and found lots of volunteer groups such as this:
http://www.casahelpskids.org/
Love you and your passion!
xo
L
Our good friends adopted a beautiful baby girl who had been hospitalized at 6 weeks old with a fractured skull and brain damage, done by her parents. She and her siblings were taken into loving homes and maybe that's some consolation. The police, the social workers, foster parents and later the adoptive parents all cared for the kids in different ways. Maybe there's something there for you?
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