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Aug. 29, 2005 I am writing this article as a follow up to an excellent article by Bonijean Isaccs. Without proactive parents like the Twitty's, more of today's children would remain missing. For people who do have the access and means to make a difference then it is their duty to not only seek justice for their child but thru their tragedy to also help promote changes and social awareness so that other parents may be spared the agony of not knowing what happened to their children. Should John Walsh have let the memory of his son Adam go? His response to his pain has helped ensure that hundreds of dangerous persons are now off the streets and are unable to harm anyone else. In todays world, there are so many truly sick and perverse people out there that society in general needs to be aware of what others have suffered so that they too can learn to protect their children. In particular, adolescent girls are usually the target of choice for the truly sick pedophile. Though Adam Walsh is an excellent example of the fact that even boys are not immune. However, I do not remember an outcry being raised because the methods that John Walsh used to bring closure to his family. Beth is a mother. She spent nine long hard arduous months nourishing Natalee Holloway before bringing her into this world. My daughter is 4 1/2 years old and I did not have an easy pregnancy with her. She is special. She is my child. She is a continuation of me and my husband. She is not someone else's play toy to be abused and then cast aside. She is not a piece of trash to be tossed in a garbage dump or fed to the sharks. She is here to bring her unique perspective to this world. Her life and her future is what I spent 9 miserable months trying to ensure. I will not allow someone to snatch that away from me without a fight. For every mother out there, I think the response has to be the same. If my child has caused harm to someone else, then they need to pay for their crime but I will not allow my child to be harmed without their injury or death being vindicated. Does that sound unreasonable? Maybe so, but I believe only to those who truly do not understand what it means to say that you will gladly give your life if it means the return of your child's. With all that said, you have to let your children grow and make mistakes. Eventually, you do have to let them spread their wings and fly. That does not mean that you are negligent or that you have not weighed the odds. It is a matter that is best decided by the parents involved. They know their children. They know their level of maturity. It is for them to decide and it is for them to bear the burden if they are proved wrong. The Twitty's were proven wrong and they will suffer for the rest of their lives but they are trying their dead level best to ensure that Natalee's death was not in vain. They are trying to make a difference in their daughters legacy even if it is only to say that they brought her justice. It will never take away the many years that Beth has ahead of her without her daughter. Without seeing her daughter graduate college. Without seeing Natalee's first child. There are so many firsts that Beth and her family have been robbed of that to criticize them for loving their daughter has got to be one of the cruelest and coldest examples of how low we as a people have sunk. ------------ About the author: Valerie M Chapman is a technical sales support rep at Watt Stopper/Legrand. Email: Valerie.Chapman@WattStopper.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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