Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Beslan Families Remember Their Children...


















Read an article yesterday in Open Doors & was fascinated by this beautiful sculpture. I sat crying big weepy tears reading about the families in Beslan & remembering when this happened. By the end I had to go & give Eric some hugs. Some of the photos of the children are so haunting...

When children die it's such an affront to our senses. A life cut so very short...

We live in this world though - so much beauty & art & joy & love...but it is contrasted by darkness & hate & death & hate at times. 

Sigh...if I dwell on things like that too much I feel so sad. It was never meant to be that way. But next to me my son plays with a puzzle on the floor. There is so much concentration & joy in his face. And so we live, & we live the best way we can, hoping for justice one day & realising that this side of heaven there will always be pain...

Gee, that was a little deep for a Tuesday morning. 


1 comment:

Karin said...

That sculpture is so incredible. Wow. So moving. I feel like one of those mothers, helping to hold up the heaven bound children, both mine and those of my friends. Thank you for sharing this, Lissy.