A first long face to face talk with my wifey came to a point yesterday where I, a big friendly giant, suddenly burst into tears. That had not happened to me in at least ten years, and the cause of it was not immediately obvious. It had nothing to do with her, but more about the subject we were discussing, which was the fact that so many stories about child trafficking are popping up nowadays, and so many children are being freed.
What we were talking about was the fact that those children come into a totally different world, and they are not conditioned to see adults as safe havens. We will have to teach them that all over again. The immensity of that task is what made me burst out in tears...