Tuesday, February 2, 2010

the Reply

At church on Sunday a four year-old revealed to me that he was being beaten at home. My heart broke.

"I want to tell you something. When you're here, no one will beat you."

"Who will??" His eyes riveted on me, wide and fearful.

"No one will. I won't. The teachers won't. The kids won't. No one will beat you. You're safe here. We love you."

"I want to stay here! I want to stay here!"
Posted by Annie

7 comments:

  1. That's.... heartbreaking....

    Father God.. help us....

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  2. oh that just breaks my heart.

    are you taking steps to report the abuse to anyone?

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  3. *Robert - I agree.

    *Anon - I'm working on that. I'm trying to figure out who to take it to and how.

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  4. Beautiful the trust in the kid's heart... wow.

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  5. Read "Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids."

    Your eyes will be opened...

    ...in ways you wish you could close them.

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  6. I hope your promise remains true...

    We are known to shoot our own when we don't see each other behaving "right"...

    I pray God will keep him safe.

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  7. Suffer the little children....

    That is a heartbreaking story, and one that is probably told too often. Those little ones are innocent and should be protected, not harmed.

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