Sunday my husband and I spent the day bicycling around the tulip fields in Skagit county. It started out cloudy with rain threatening, but turned into a glorious sunny day. While we were walking in the view gardens of "Tulip town" and Roozedgaarde", I was watching families with young children dressed in their boots playing in the mud and posing in the tulips for that perfect shot their parents were trying to capture. I was suddenly overcome by grief for the young mother and her children that can no longer have these moments together.
Here's the link about her tragic story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/us-drowning-family-idUSTRE73C4CH20110413
The hope for a better life and a "new" tomorrow was dashed by her act of desperation. We can not even try to understand the amount of pain she was suffering in her life at that time that caused this to happen, or why she felt her friends and family couldn't help her out of the scenario she was in. It 's not even up to us to judge her and say she shouldn't have done this, we can only learn from her experience and remember that there are those out there feeling helpless, hopeless and desperate.
When our moment to step up and offer just that word of encouragement or hand of support comes,
will we be to busy to respond?
I snapped this picture while wishing LaShandra had been able to experience the warmth of the sun on her skin and view the scenery that absolutely would take her breath away while hearing the joyous laughter of children as I was in that moment.
My wish is for us all to have "hope" for a better day tomorrow......
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