Revolution of Heart
So, much of this was on my mind as Rosie and I looked at one of the widely circulated photos of Marla Ruzicka with a young Iraqi girl. As is typical, Rosie wanted to know all about each of the people in the picture, and so I used my best make-it-comprehensible-to-a-three-year-old language to try and explain. I told her that Marla was somebody who tried to make the world a better place, and that she had helped the little girl in the picture, whose family had died in the war.
I then told her that Marla herself had died in the war, and Rosie grew still as she carefully studied the picture. She asked me if helping the girl is how Marla did good things for the world. Yes, I said, but also because Marla helped many other people as well. Silence again.
“But now, who will help the little girl?” she asked.
I replied that hopefully we will all work together to help that little girl, and many others like her. Rosie may not understand this now, but I am confident that someday, she will.
Elisa Salasin, CommonDreams ( more. . .)