Zion (by Barb)
Nine days ago Chaplain Justina brought Zion to us to foster. He was quiet, shy, skinny, dirty, had very little hair, and seemed to carefully watch all that was going on around him.
Justina said he was seven months old, that he had been abandoned by a teeneage mother who disappeared aftr leaving him alone in a house for as long as five hours. The grandmother didn’t want to have much to do with the baby. The grandfathre lived apart from his wife, but from time to time would check on the condition of his grandson.
Zion came to us through the new ProLife Evangel crisis pregnancy center. Nine days later he is very active. He sits, crawls, climbs onto the couch, waves good-by, eats mashed banana, avocado, rice, oatmeal, Golden Morn cereal, pancakes, French toast, and he drinks a liter of formula every day. He smiles readily and sweetly. He isn’t afraid of the dog, but he cries out in terror when stuffed toy animals or bath toys come near or touch him.
Will Zion really return to his family as rumored? Will there really be someone to love him and nurture him and educate him and dream big dreams for his futuer? I wonder …