I just read aloud The Pied Piper of Hamelin for the children's bedtime story. This story has always been slightly creepy for me because of how the children get lost in the end. Today's version of the story, however seems to have been written by someone like me, for it has a different ending - the children are reunited with their parents. Imagine the town of Hamelin in the original story... How deathly quiet, how sorrowful, how filled with sobs and deep anguish The agony of losing one's child can be so crippling, imagine a whole town sharing this grief. Each household soaked in their own sadness, with no hope of support from the neighbours... The thought is heart-wrenching. I leave you with that image... A pining mother standing at a window staring into the sunset, and my heart and prayers go out to every mother who has lost her child in any way.
I agree. My deepest darkest fear is that. And then I remember to turn in my worry to Him - He will take care of my child.
ReplyDeleteYes besunni. That's what keeps me going most days :)
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