This story just really hurts, doesn't it?
Did you hear about the 5 children found wandering alone on the interstate? There is a picture on L.A. Times of one of the girls: she is probably the same as our littlest: 3?
Unable to speak, a young girl who was found wandering on the interstate out of New Orleans with several other small children receives food and shelter at the Jimmy Swaggert Ministries in Baton Rouge. The five children were rescued by highway workers who were leaving the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (Mark Boster / LAT) September 2, 2005
No adults anywhere? They are so fragile, the horrors they've seen, it breaks my heart that on top of this disaster and losing everything they've known, they're being preyed upon.
I had a near-fit of vigilante rage tonight when I heard a woman on Greta talking about the rape/murder of a 7 year old girl. But I then read the story where a Nat'l Guardsman says when the crowd found her body in the bathroom, they found the guy who did it and beat him to death. Is it wrong that I felt better knowing he could never hurt a child again?
It breaks my heart. When I think of the days my major concern is my sons hitting the toilet or the mess they leave in their wake, I feel so petty.
At least I have them close.