Monday, February 10, 2014

She is five.


She is 5 years old.
There was a farm accident.
She lost 3 fingers on her right hand.

Her grandmother (understandably) is distraught.
She wants to send money to her son to help with the medical bills.

And then she says:
“Through this accident her future is ruined.
How will we ever marry her to a good man if she is missing 3 fingers?”

She is 5.
Her future is legitimately in peril.
Because of an accident.

And everything within me screams
“This is not right.”

How do we live in a world where this is true?

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