The shadows of life

 I just watched the interview of Dr Phil with one of the victims of Ariel Castro, Michelle Knight. I have no words for this. It has been a long time since I heard someone tell something this horrible. It is unbelievable what that woman has gone through and how strong she is, I have tons of respect for her. Her telling that when she was pregnant and Castro punched her in the stomach to give her a miscarriage and still feeling bad for the baby. Or taking the abuse for the other girls so they didn’t have to go through it shows what a fantastic person she is. I feel so sorry for her, I wish I could help her in some way. I am so happy for her that she got out, but I feel so bad that she had to go through that and I wish I could just take all of her pain away. It made me cry. And to think most of us are complaining about the little pointless things of life like teenagers complaining about having to go to school, or having no WI-FI or having a stupid fight with your friend or whatever. It is normal because we didn’t have to go through what she did but when you compare one thing to another the daily things we worry about are so incredibly stupid. This opens my eyes again and makes me realize how much I should appreciate what I’ve got and be thankful for it. But again all of these words are only too soft for how I acutally feel about this situation. It will take a while for I will get this out of my head. At least I can learn from it and appreciate my own life.