I Am A Child Of God

"I am a child of God,

and He has sent me here.

Has given me an earthly home,

with parents kind and dear."

It is my feeling that every child born deserves this privilege. The reality is, however, that not every child is given the blessing of "parents kind and dear," or parents responsible, or parents industrious, or parents. It absolutely breaks my heart and pulls at wells of emotion inside of me when this reality hits close to home. It makes me want to scream at the injustice of a woman, given the gift of 5 beautiful children, who can not bathe, clothe, or care for the basic human needs of these children; when friends so dear and close to my heart struggle with infertility.

Today I took a little friend to the Pediatric Dentist, an hours drive, after his mother had failed to make these arrangements for the last 6 months. During that time, this boy has lost his four front teeth, and has three other teeth that need reconstruction. The Dentist did not imagine that he could eat or drink without feeling pain. He was such a sweetheart the whole day. I wished he did not have to go home.