ZAHRA CLARE BAKER

ZAHRA CLARE BAKER

ZAHRA CLARE BAKER

Yes, hear the name and let it sink in.

I know, I know some of you followers are going to wonder

"when is Lil going to entertain us with some fun stuff"

Well how can I when this precious child is missing,

presumed dead by the hand of family, people who

were supposed to love and nurture her.

A cancer survivor child with a leg prosthesis

who wore hearing aids because of the treatments she received.

I guess these things have always bothered me to the core.

Abuse of children and death by the hands of those they love

breaches all boundaries of what parenting is.

This case bothers me more for many reasons.

First she was a childhood cancer survivor like me.

Also with the soon arrival of Eskimo Pie and to

see all the excitement this baby is bringing to

kd and Baby boy....

well I am bugged by this case.

I mean if you cannot trust your parents those who love

you the most, who in the world can you trust.

Our world has gotten so far from what God had intended.

There are reported documents that this child was highly

abused by the step mother who sits in jail right now

for unrelated issues. Family members are reporting this

and I want to scream, "Why didn't someone save this precious child?"

Yet, I also understand how hard it is to step in and do the major

things that needs to be done when a child is being harmed

in any way, even if it is a child.

There are rumors that the cadaver dogs have picked up

her human scent in the family car and a wood chipper

on the property..... I cannot even go there.

Because she was home-schooled she had no opportunity

to reach out for help to a teacher or counselor.

I am sad when I think of just how sad her little life must have been.

I thank my wonderful family for the self-esteem I received

having been brought up as a child with cancer.

When I was teased for being bald and would come

home at the end of the day to cry my wonderful daddy would

hold me and remind me with these words,

"Lilly it doesn't matter what the world thinks of you,

when you come through this door you are loved."

I attribute this simple statement from a daddy to

his fighting daughter for the reason I have such a high

self-esteem. This baby did not have this.

After all her treatments, all her fighting of this cancer,

she faced more abuse that was ten times worse than

any chemotherapy or radiation she had.

Her suffering by the hands of people who were supposed to love

her make me angry.

It is everything that is wrong in the world.

If you cannot trust your parents then there is no one you can trust.

There is no form of punishment that will be okay for me

in this case once they find out exactly what happened.

Except maybe the punishment being exactly what

she suffered. Wrong and sad....

wrong and sad....