This has been something so heavy on my heart recently. I've started and saved several blog posts (not posted yet). This week though we learned about 2 little girls that were on Reece’s Rainbow (the adoption organization that we sponsor which helps kids with Down syndrome find their forever families).
These girls recently turned 4 and were sent to mental institutions where they died from the flu. How can we NOT do something to help the least of these? Please read the following written by Meredith and pray about how you can help.
... they were hungry
While we were playing...
... they were restrained
While we were tucking our kids into bed...
... they were alone
While we turned up the heat...
... they laid in the icy cold
While we wrapped our children in blanket sleepers...
... they laid in their own excrements
While we sang songs and listened to music...
... they listened to the screams and cries of those around them
While we rocked our babies...
... they silently rocked themselves
While we hugged our kids...
... they scratched at their own faces and pulled their own hair for stimulation
While we cried over scraped knees...
... they moaned in their loneliness
While we brushed our daughters' beautiful hair...
... they had their heads shaven to stave off the lice
While we fought off the flu with love and nourishment...
... they got the flu and went Home.
No longer suffering... but so many more still are.
In memory of those that have never felt the love of a family, but have passed away alone.
Today we learned of the passing of these two girls in
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Dear Leslie,
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear the sad news about the two little girls. It is heartbreaking to think about the way these precious children are living. I continue to pray for them and trust that God is watching over each and every one of them...even in their dismal circumstances. Thanks for opening our eyes to a situation that many of us never would have known about if you had not shared with us about Reece's Rainbow.
Love, Cyndi