It's about people trying to deal with their own sense of utter helplessness. If it gives them comfort why not?
Me? I pray for the child because I have belief. I pray that she didn't suffer but I know that she will have and if still alive is still suffering. Whether she is dead or alive the only people in the world that she relied on let her down when she needed them the most. That will have been in her mind ~ every instinct, every fibre of her being, in her mind, shouting her poor heart out for her mummy and mummy was too f*cking busy having a good time away from the kids. I won't light a candle but by God I cannot forgive the parents and hope they suffer as that child has suffered. Can you imagine the utter loneliness and bewilderment she must have felt. Maybe she is still feeling it and if she is alive she will carry that feeling forever. However this turns out that child's dying thought will have been or will be "Mummy wasn't there ~ where was she?"
Having children is a huge responsibility, giving birth is just the start. This child's parents did not recognise that. They wanted "My time" .... when you have children there is no "my time" your every thought must be for the benefit of the child. I referred elsewhere to the child being a "Must Have Accessory" and I stand by that. That is why the parents had her and it is obvious because when she really needed them they were too intent on having a good time. I have five children ~ never once have we ever left any one of them without at least one parent in the house with them. Since our eldest was born we have never had a single "night out" together. If we cannot take the children with us we don't go. That is not virtuous and we do not see it as a burden .... It goes with the territory, it is the price we accepted we would pay for the gift of having children.
Yes I do feel very strongly that some people do not deserve that gift and this couple are just such people.
