From the tiny little puppy that could fit into my palm, he's now 2 years old and a definately much more matured boy. It's amazing how a different spesies of animal could actually also learn to be attached to a human and he's really grown to be like a son to me. I'm hoping one day he'll be able to play around with Zaydeen and love her just as much as he loves me :)
Zaydeen too been growing up fast in this space of 1 month. From crawling on her tummy she's now able to sit by herself, crawl on all four and now pulling herself up and standing in the cot. O she's definitely growing up fast, which means I am also growing older fast too.
Today I was wondering aloud with my husband about what this world has become and is this really a world where we want our little angel to grow up in. Recently there's been a few cases of little girls kidnapped and some brutally murdered, and it has come to the point that it is even unsafe for little girls to be just standing outside their house! I find that really saddening because our homes have now become like a prison. Would Zaydeen not have the opportunities which I had as a little girl to enjoy her childhood? Would she not have the chance to cycle to the park with her friends? Would she not be able to just hop over to her friend house for a play session without mummy tagging along? My goodness, she won't even be able to enjoy looking for little 'longkang' fish in the little drain outside the house gate. Our children's childhood would now have to revolve around computers and television.
I remembered when I was in primary school, I was usually home alone after school and my friends lived along the same road as me. We would just go to each other's house and our parents did not have to fear we'll be captured by some pervert. There were days we even went to the big drain at the end of the road to sit by the bridge looking for rubbish or fish in the muddy water. In fact, I even walked to school by myself and it took me 15 minutes to get to school but my folks never had to fear that some sicko would try to sexually assault me. Sure occasionally there were those problematic 'flasher' but compared to the perverts of today, those 'flasher' now seems to be pretty harmless.
Much as I hate to become those overly anxious parent, but I think I have no choice in today's world but to ensure such heinous crime doesn't happen to my little angel. What option would I have besides being by her side every minute possible? I could only imagine the pain and suffering the parents of those missing girls go through. I however cannot imagine what kind of human could be so cold hearted to harm a being so young and innoccent. Could it be they are really without soul and compassion? How frightening if that was true.....
