Daily Create 1623 is a challenge to overlay a flag across my hand. I chose not to do that--but to extend it a little bit. This week was a horrific week for a place that holds so many happy memories for our family. On Thursday, I awoke to the unimaginable news of the tragedy of the young family whose child was killed by an alligator in what otherwise is known as the Happiest Place on Earth.
I thought of the many wonderful times I have had with my own children in this very same place. The times I have held a toddler's hand as she splashed at the water's edge near the very same place young Lane was lost this week. I thought of the preciousness of the parent-child bond and the powerlessness those parents must have felt knowing that there was nearly no chance that their young son would survive such an attack.
I cried.
So, instead of superimposing my flag over my hand, I chose something more profoundly personal. I took a picture of my child's hand enfolded in mine---a sort of emblem of protective motherhood that parents worldwide can identify with. Then, I superimposed the fantasy that is Cinderella's Castle. It is just an illusion of magic, of good always prevailing over evil, of safety and security of Prince Charmings on white stallions saving the world.
We know it's an illusion. But the alligators in DisneyWorld are real--and sometimes, they attack.
So for Lane and his family--may you remember the good hand-holding times and the magic of castles and fairy tales.
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