sigh!.....I wish you could have had a childhood like mine....
Thanks, mystery. Me, too, but we have to work with the cards that are dealt us in life.
There are more children out there like the poor little one in this news article who was dumped by her daddy than folks who are born to good parents may ever realize. I know that child's pain, lonliness and fear, and wish I could scoop her up in my arms and protect her forever. But of course it isn't possible. You can't rescue them like you can a puppy, no matter how much somebody like me would want to.
More than likely, she'll be shuttled off into the foster care system and/or be bounced back to mom or some relative. Maybe she'll get lucky and someone will really love and cherish her. More than likely not, however, and one day she'll have a kid or two and treat them the same way she was treated as a child. And so it goes.