RAMBLINGS SEVEN

A CHILD CRIES

MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I KNEW THIS CHILD, I DID,

SHE WAS ALONE THEN, EVEN WITH MANY CHILDREN

AROUND. SHE WAS SHY, AND OH, SO FRIGHTENED

OF THE MALE ADULTS AROUND HER.

SHE SENSED SOMETHING ABOUT THEM, BUT DID

NOT KNOW WHAT, FOR SURE. SHE DID NOT HAVE

TO WAIT LONG TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS.

HER STEPFATHER USED HER, ABUSED HER IN MANY

WAYS, AND IT TOTALLY BROKE HER SPIRIT.

SHE FELT SO UNCLEAN, SO HATED, SO DISLIKED

THAT SHE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE, BUT AT

SUCH A YOUNG AGE, DID NOT KNOW HOW,

NOR DID SHE TRULY UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY

OF SUCH A DEED AS SUICIDE.

SHE TOLD HER MOTHER OF THIS ABUSE, AND HER

MOTHER TOLD HER SHE WAS TELLING A LIE.

SO, FROM THAT DAY UNTIL SHE LEFT HOME, SHE

NEVER TOLD HER MOTHER THE TRUTH AGAIN.

SHE ALWAYS KNEW WHAT HER MOTHER WANTED

TO HEAR, SO SHE LIED CONSTANTLY.

IT HURT THIS CHILD SO VERY MUCH THAT HER

OWN MOTHER DID NOT BELIEVE HER. IT TOTALLY

CHANGED THIS LITTLE GIRL'S PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.

FOR IN HER TENDER HEART, SHE THOUGHT THAT

MOTHERS SHOULD BELIEVE THEIR CHILDREN,

FOR SHE WAS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO LYING TO

ANYONE AT THAT TIME...UNTIL HER MOTHER DID

NOT BELIEVE THE DASTARDLY THINGS THAT HAD

BEEN DONE TO THE GENTLE, FRIGHTENED CHILD.

THE CHILD ALMOST DIED AT 14, SHE DIDN'T WANT

` TO LIVE ANY LONGER, HER BODY WAS TORN,

HER SPIRIT WAS BROKEN, HER HEART HAD BEEN

TOTALLY SHATTERED, SO SHE LET HER LIFE JUST

EBB AWAY.

HER MOTHER FINALLY NOTICED JUST HOW SICK

THE LITTLE CHILD WAS, AND TOOK HER TO THE

DOCTOR, AND THE DOCTOR SAID SHE HAD

DIPHTHERIA, BUT NO ONE BELIEVED HIM, EXCEPT

THE CHILD, FOR SHE KNEW SHE WAS NEAR

DEATH'S DOOR, AND WELCOMED IT.

BUT, FOR SOME REASON, SHE DID NOT DIE,

SHE IMPROVED ENOUGH TO RETURN TO SCHOOL

AND CATCH UP ON HER STUDIES.

AT THE END OF THAT SCHOOL YEAR, SHE LEFT

THAT TERRIBLE HOME, MOVED TO TOWN,

GOT A JOB AND PUT HERSELF THROUGH

HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE MET A MAN WHEN SHE WAS SIXTEEN, HE

WAS 14 YEARS OLDER THAN SHE, THEY DATED

FOR 2 YEARS, THEN, AFTER GRADUATING HIGH

SCHOOL WITH NATIONAL HONORS, SHE

MARRIED THIS MAN, AND MOVED AWAY FROM

OREGON, HER HOME STATE.

THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE CHILD/WOMAN,

BUT IT IS THE END OF THIS STORY.

THIS IS A TRUE STORY, SHE HATES TO SAY,

BUT THAT IS THE WAY IT WAS.

AND A CHILD CRIES, A CHILD CRIES.

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