re: Mom posts gut-wrenching image of dying daughter and grandfather together

Many years ago , I watched a documentary called Shoah. It's a 9 hour long, in depth study of the "final solution", or Holocaust. One segment tells in great detail how one death camp executed the task. They would herd the men into the gas chamber first, to eliminate the chance of any serious resistance. To streamline the process, they would stage the women and children on a ramp, just outside of the gas chamber. The chamber wasn't soundproof, so the mothers of the children, some only babies, would hear the men's screams as they were being gassed. There was no doubt they knew they were about to take their children to their death.

I decided I would use that scenario to gauge my own trials through life. A number line principle, so to speak, with I just stubbed my toe at one end, and that holocaust scenario at the other. It often helped me see that my problems were nothing compared to what others may be going through. I can't think of one instance where my issue didn't fall closer to the stubbed toe than not.

Unfortunately for this poor woman, I think her situation is closer to the wrong end of the number line. My prayers go out to her.