Sweet Baby Grace
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Beautiful little Riley Ann Sawyers
My heart is breaking. Every new detail I read about the shameful case of Riley makes me cry until my eyes are swollen and my cheeks are stinging. Tonight I just held my sleeping daughter, shaking as I cried silently.
How could a mother kill her child? How? What darkness has to be in your heart? How hollow do you need to be? What kind of monster beats a two-year-old, or ANY child, with belts, picked her up by her hair, throws her across the room, holds her under water, and in the end takes her innocent, helpless, trusting life away from her? And then – stuff her lifeless body in a storage shed for months, only to then put it in a storage container and toss it in the water.
Kimberly Dawn Trenor. She was able to do those things.
I think of how hard I worked to have Gigi. I think of my friends who have gone through years of painful and expensive fertility treatments just to have the honor of being a mother, entrusted with the life of a child. I think of the love and longing and joy my daughter inspires in me.
Riley’s dad was quoted as saying Riley was hyper. Two-year-olds are hyper, pretty much by nature. They are difficult, full of energy and often exasperating. And even so, they inspire love and wonder in those who have the ability to give love.
It is my fondest wish that people who give birth to children they abuse and cannot love fully will find the wisdom to walk away and give these children to loving, responsible, safe adoptive families.
Tears are pouring down my face as I try to type. You have communicated exactly how i feel. i am sobbing and my heart hurts. How can anyone hurt such a beautiful child. to try to imagine the horror described in detail I just wish that there was someone there to defend her. I saw the picture of her smiling face and became angry that a mother can do this. I have a beautiful 17h month old named Jordan Maranda and she is my litle piece of heaven. when I think about how much this little girl suffered it hurts my heart. Thank you Angie for saying exacly how how felt.