Jainy Maria is her name, but around town she is known by her nickname; Corazon. In Spanish, Corazon means Heart. This nickname couldn't be more true to her nature. Whether it's running around town with her best buds, confessing she ate a mango that she was supposed to give to someone else, giving me giant hugs and a kiss on the cheek, or trying to get all of the other kids in Club Chiquito to applaud when the good guys win in Enchanted, Jainy Maria embodies what it means to be a living, breathing Heart in the world.
But this Jainy Maria doesn't have the kind of family to encourage her Heart-felt characteristics. her father came to talk to TJ a few nights ago saying that she was very ill and needed medicine. As TJ took him to the Pharmacy to buy the medicine, he took off running and returned only to say that "a neighbor nurse came and Jainy Maria is better now". He was just full of lies. Full of lies to use his own daughter to his own drunken advantage. Lies to manipulate money out of the only people in this community who love on his daughter. It's absolutely beyond me what people are capable of. I don't understand how she can be such a jewel among so much filth, but she is.
Corazon has truly stolen my "corazon". Please say a prayer for this precious child of God today
2 comments:
Maybe she is a diamond in the rough
I don't know.
I do have a similar story but it's about a boy in Houston. I'll tell you about it when our semester starts.
Don and I are always amazed that such goodness is found in some of the roughest, toughest homes. Maybe it is God's reminder to us that His goodness can be found in the worst places. At least she has had your love and concern, as well as TJ and Holly's, for those tough days she may face.
Donna
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