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No Longer a Cliche

September 6, 2016 by Sheila Siler

A week ago my awareness of an evil in this land moved to a new level. The evil is child abuse, and my great-niece fell victim to it. My niece’s fiancee is the accused, he was taking care her daughter while my niece was at work. An “accident” happened and he took her to the hospital. There she was air-lifted to a children’s hospital and hospital workers quickly concluded that the injuries did not add up. She turned four years old in the hospital. Two days later he was arrested and is now in jail.

My great-niece was in critical condition for a week, in a coma, partially paralyzed, and honestly I doubted she would make it. Through the power of social media, hundreds of people heard the story and have prayed for her. Now she has started responding, but without more divine miracles, she will have special needs, including a permanent tracheotomy because of damage to her airway which prevents her from breathing in enough oxygen.

It all sounds rather cliche to those ‘outside’. It’s the mother’s boyfriend. She’s a single mom, etc. It’s like one of those stories you hear on the news (far too often) that happens somewhere else, or on an episode of Law and Order SVU. Both are absorbed for the moment and then quickly replaced by the next news story or the newest episode of Criminal Minds. I am very guilty of reading or watching out of curiosity and then moving on.

I have, of course, always opposed child abuse. But somehow when it touches someone in your own world – it takes on a new reality. Child abuse will never again be just a ‘tsk tsk’ response. There is nothing cliche about this tragedy.

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9 Commments

  1. Toni says:
    March 15, 2016 at 12:16 pm

    Praying for her and family.

  2. Cheryl Byram says:
    March 15, 2016 at 1:03 pm

    We never dreamed that the nightmares we had seen on tv could ever touch us in our quiet little community. I'm Sheila's little sister and this is the oldest of my 3 grandchildren.

  3. Cheryl Byram says:
    March 15, 2016 at 1:04 pm

    Thank you

  4. Alex J. Cavanaugh says:
    March 15, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    Prayers for your great niece! What monster hurts a small child like that? Or anyone for that mater.

  5. Sam Blain says:
    March 15, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    Praying for the baby ans her family.

  6. Karen Mortensen says:
    March 15, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    So sorry to hear about this. Prayers to you and your family.

  7. Unknown says:
    March 16, 2016 at 3:39 pm

    It saddens me to no end…the mom was trying to better herself..working to help take care of our elderly people at Tishomingo Manor as a CNA.
    The devil did who knows what to this little angel…
    praying for healing,…mind , body , spirit….

  8. Unknown says:
    March 16, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    It saddens me to no end…the mom was trying to better herself..working to help take care of our elderly people at Tishomingo Manor as a CNA.
    The devil did who knows what to this little angel…
    praying for healing,…mind , body , spirit….

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