Can you imagine that?

Natalee Holloway goes on a trip to celebrate her graduation to Aruba and disappears. What a sad story! My heart goes out to the family who is literally living on the edge. I was thinking about this news and realized that it is impossible to imagine what Natalee's mother must be going through. Think of this: your child has disappeard, in a foreign country when all you know is she was just having fun. You don't know the outcome. You hope for the best and prepare for the worst -- but your mind is always swinging. You don't know what to expect. The suspects don't cooperate and you don't know who to trust.

I think this is the worst nightmare a mother can have. When a soldier dies on a battlefield and the news is conveyed to mother, she at least knows the reality. In this case, Natalee's mother (like all others) does not not even know the reality. Living in real life without being able to know the reality -- what can be harder than this?

I just pray that Natalee is found unharmed and her family recovers from the whole trauma.