A Tsunami Story

A mother that was swept away by the waves of destruction. In her arms were her two kids. One was a 4-month-old infant and the other, a 6-year-old girl. She tried to hang on to something as the water kept rising and the pressure of the waves were getting harder to bear. Later on she was faced with a choice. In order for them to survive, she had to let go of one of her children. She simply did not have the strength to hold on to both of them any longer. If she didn’t release one, they would all certainly die. She cried out for help, but no one came. She had to make that choice quickly. The pain of having to let go of her 6-year-old daughter was unbearable. It was a choice, that God forbid, any other parent out there should ever be confronted brazenly with. When all of it was over, with only her 4-month-old baby in her arms and with full of regret and sorrow, she walked the streets trying to look for the body of her 6-year-old. And you know what? She found her! She was alive! Her daughter was standing by the street all wet and pretty shaken up. Apparently, her daughter hung on to a tree and survived the whole tsunami nightmare. What a story, huh?