the other day i decided i needed to stop watching/reading the news. the last couple news stories that have left me wanting to play the ignorant card…a man holding his daughter captive in a basement and fathering multiple children with her for 25 years, mothers-fathers-friends enticing children and selling them into the sex trade industry, massive food shortages and starving children in ethiopia, a young boy having his arm run over because he stole food at a local market, and on and on and on. alas– i can’t seem to forget these stories i have read about. i say stories because to say they are more than that means that many many children are living these lives…daily. how can i ignore that?
recently i read there is no me without you. a biography of a women who was one of the first ethiopians to take in orphans with HIV. the author writes that HAREGEWOIN TEFERRA did not consider herself a hero because that would mean that not everyone could do what she did…but everyone can (when i find the book i will update this post with the actual quote).i also recently received this other link as a reminder that pretty close to home there are some people trying really hard to make a difference.
i am trying really hard not to rest in my ignorance, to stop expecting change. i need to demand it there are too many children hoping for a different life.
