Lately I have been hearing a lot of news about mothers deserting their newborn babies or leaving them in a bathroom somewhere. And I can't help but feel so much sadness....

I know I should not judge others because I am not them, but I feel so terrible for the children and the poor babies that never had a chance to live and to have a happy life. It's so easy to make excuses though, and make decisions that might seem easy and make our lives more comfortable, but those choices come with a price. The children are the ones that are suffering.

I feel llike all my life I have felt distanced from these things and that the problem was just so far a way from me and that it wasn't related to me. But lately, as I have started to open my eyes a little wider, I am so much more aware of it and feel a more personal crisis toward it. As if it was me that was really suffering from this all.

"The children, the children" seem like simple words and tools to be used for political and social debates, but the truth is that the problem is real. They need us. We need them. They might not be our children and we feel like it is not our right or our business, but we need to open our eyes. Open our hearts and feel alive in the face of our little ones. And be their life and strength, and hold them tight and protect them.

But I can't stop feeling the sadness, knowing that there is little I can do....

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