Heavy Heart (Once Again)

My heart is so heavy right now after reading a post on Twitter. This is what it said:

@ShellyKramer: RT @MichelleinCal: Please keep @Military_Mom & her patriot husband close to your heart as their child drowned today.

This brings back terrible memories of something I experienced a few short weeks ago. You guys may have read about it last week here on the Misadventures. We were fortunate to have a survivor story but this woman did not fair as well. The pit of my stomach is churning because I know that feeling of seeing a childe laying at the bottom of the swimming pool. It is surreal and ironically serene. I guess water has that kind of calming effect. Unlike other tragedies such as getting hit by a car, there is silence in drowning and that silence is eerily powerful. There is no screaming or commotion so there is no way of knowing someone is in distress.

I sit here with a heavy heart for a woman I've never met. A woman who will forever be haunted by the image of seeing her 2 year old at the bottom of the pool. A woman who will probably be consumed with guilt for years to come because her baby died under her care. My heart is so heavy for this stranger and I am moved to tears.

Say a prayer for this family before you go to bed tonight. Parents are not suppose to bury their children.