Trust

 What is trust really? Mother's carry their children for about nine months, giving them everything that they need to survive. When that child is born, they still depend and trust that their mother will supply all of their needs. Unfortunately,  there are those circumstances where the one who is  supposed to be giving the love and life sustaining care, falls incredibly short. It boggles my mind how anyone could not love their child or try to hurt them in anyway. But people do because we are human, all with some imperfection that makes us choose the wrong direction at times. I try to not be  judgemental in the case of pedophiles, but God forgive me, I don't have the wisdom to understand how any person can look at a child in a sexual context. I think we need to be less complacent when it comes to hurting our children. If we as adults, don't protect them, who will?  Ironically, the ones hurting them are the very ones who should be protecting them! I remember spending hours playing outside when I was young. There used to be a creek across the street and my friends and I would follow the creek looking for frogs, tadpoles, rocks. We would follow it for quite a distance, up to a mile, unsupervised and make our way back home, wet and dirty. Today, I would never allow my grandchildren that freedom for fear that someone might try to hurt them. We have "Grandma's Rule"- you have to be in my sight at all times.  When I remember the fun and freedom that I enjoyed as a youth, I am saddened that my grandchildren will never experience that kind of freedom to just be a kid at play. Are we really progressing today or are we loosing our respect for the value of life?