Remember the Children

                                                     

                                                            (Wooden Easter eggs, handpainted in Poland.)

Easter Sunday will be here in just a few days.

There are church services to attend this week as we remember the suffering and death of Christ. 

There is Easter dinner to plan and baskets for the children to prepare.

Amid the week's flurry of activity, my heart goes out to children throughout the world who will have no Easter celebration, particularly kids who live in war zones.

A newspaper photo of a tiny four-year-old Syrian child holding her hands up in the air as a photographer aimed his camera at her just about broke my heart. 

Apparently, she thought the camera was a weapon.

I looked into the face of that little child in the photograph and saw raw fear.

This Easter week, remember the children. 

DOES THE PLIGHT OF CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN WAR ZONES TOUCH YOUR HEART?

Remember the Little Ones

In deep grief, this blog joins the blogging community in silence today, except to say, 

                   Remember the little ones  (and the adults, too).

                   May their sweet souls rest in eternal peace.

Daniel Barden, 7
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
Catherine V. Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Avielle Richman, 6
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison N. Wyatt, 6
ADULTS
Mary Sherlach, 56
Victoria Soto, 27
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Lauren Rousseau, 30
Dawn Hochsprung, 47
Rachel Davino, 29