When a Child’s Quiet Pain Shouted for Attention

A Day That Felt Like the World Was Ending That day, everything seemed to fall apart. My fiancé called off our wedding. I lost my job for speaking up at work. Driving home through a storm, I kept repeating, when one door closes, another opens—but the words felt empty. A Cry for Help Then, a yellow school bus passed. A little girl pounded on the back window, her face pressed against the glass, crying for help. My heart froze. Something was terribly wrong. Without thinking, I chased the bus and forced it to stop. Inside, I found the girl struggling through… CONTINUE READING…