Baby Grace

There has been this story in the newspapers that is still gnawing at me.

On Nov 20, a baby girl, named Baby Grace by investigators, was found in a construction dumpster - umbilical cord still attached. The first thing I thought was "how can anyone just dump a baby like a pile of trash?" But this thought came from anger and a sense that "where has our humanity gone?" I realize that these are negative thoughts and are judgemental. I don't know anything about the mother & what could be going on in her world.

Maybe she is a teen mother who felt all alone in this world & maybe she was scared of being responsible for a baby's life. Maybe she was scared to death! What would her parents do to her if they found out!? Maybe the mother is an adult who is in danger herself. I have no clue therefore cannot judge at all! Only God can do that.

But I cannot help being drawn to this little girl's story. I still cannot get over being angry & sad for what happened to her.

I have this need to do something about it. I don't know what I can do for this little girl, but I do have this need to restore my faith in humanity. And maybe in doing so I can bring dignity to her death.

Memories...

"They who think that you are gone,
because no more your face they see,
are wrong, for in our hearts you live
and always will in memory."

"Healing from grief is not a process of forgetting,
It is the process of remembering with less pain and more joy."

Hope There's Someone...

Grief, anger and hopelessness can be very difficult emotions to work thru. But work them thru we must.

Sometimes the feeling can be so overwhelming and it seems that there is no way out. This video seems to have all these emotions wrapped up into one package. It express the one thing that we all hope for...

"Someone who'll take care of me when I die."




So I am back in the Self Expression & Leadership Program - but this time as a coach! With my project, I intend to transform the energy of Grief, Anger and Hopelessness into the energy of Love, Peace and Fulfillment.

I want to create a space that will allow self-expression of this vent-up grief and anger - transfer it thru art - out onto a canvas where it will exist outside of me.

No longer having a disempowering grip over me and allowing me to be free.