Friday, February 17, 2012

Torn

Confronting moment on our travels yesterday - the tiny homeless baby was crying, lying on her back in the middle of a busy street.  Heaps of people just walking by paying no attention.  No sign of a mother...I stopped, grabbed Grant & broke into tears (uncontrollable).
I faced the conflict of
  1. I can not leave this baby.
  2. I can not take this baby anywhere. 
We waited, watching, me tearing up and Grant and I both torn.  Thankfully (if you could say that) the homeless women came round the corner, grabbed the baby and tossed water over her bottom, obviously she had had an accident. 

Hard on the heart-strings!!!
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2 comments:

  1. Rachel McClueFebruary 18, 2012 at 12:28 AM

    Oh Jem! How horrific!! Very confronting. Thankfully a positive result. Kind of. It is so hard to know how to respond in the face of poverty. It can be so overwhelming.
    PS You can always send a baby to me ;-)

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  2. Michelle QuigleyFebruary 21, 2012 at 1:31 AM

    Oh god Jemma that sounds awful. I would not be able to cope witnessing such poverty. Hope you feeling better and sending some big virtual hugs your way xxx

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