Daddy/Daughter Dance
Yesterday, Amnesty International club sponsored a Daddy/Daughter dance for kindergarteners to 5th graders. The money made would be sent to UNICEF. All of the kids, as well as grown ups, seemed to have a lot of fun. But I noticed something different in a couple. They were doing the limbo and a little girl, who is 6 years old, was standing on the
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It was commendable for the grandfather to take her to the event but if the child was that sad she may have been better off staying home. The constant reminder all around her that the others had a Daddy with them must have been like salt on the wound.
Your story reminds me of just how many abused and drained little girls there are in the world and I wonder what will become of them. Some will have the strength to overcome and go on to lead productive, meaningful lives with emotional expression and connection to others. I hope that will be the case for that little girl. Others will become resentful, stay sad and never feel like life has any meaning. I hope she does get to escape from that. Someone the other day told me that hope is one of the most important things in life. But hoping for her to have a good life seems fruitless to me. What good would my hopes do for her?!
Life is a crapshoot and it is so sad that the small innocents are the ones that often get the bad roll of the dice.
Gee, I'm cheery this morn.
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Hope is a very signficant thing in a person's life, but I think it's more fruitful if she has hope. While it's nice for other people in her life to have hope, it's more important for her because she's the one experiencing the situation.
You make a very good point and it's okay to not be happy all the time. It's human and healthy to have a wide range of emotions. =)
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