The story of Audrey Seiler has really disappointed me. Police have now said that they believe her abduction to be a hoax put on by the so-called victim. She commented to the police “I just want to be alone.” If that was the case, Ms. Seiler, take a vacation, turn off your phone, stop reading your email. But don’t waste the time of the police.

I am especially distressed about this story because this week the bodies of two missing Toronto children have been found or identified. One was of nine year old Cecilia Zhang, who I wrote about earlier this week. The other was Rene Charlebois, a teen who friends described as “a nice guy.” Remember these children in your thoughts and prayers, and all the others that are currently missing, and their families.

I’m sure this story isn’t well known outside of Southern Ontario, but I think everyone can relate. Cecilia Zhang, a nine year old girl from Toronto, was abducted from her bed in October. All over Toronto, people tried to help find her. In almost every store window these is a poster about her disappearance, taxi cabs have signs on their windows, and the whole city was looking for her. The police even sought help from the Chinese government, fearing that she may have been taken there.

Sadly, Cecilia was not found alive. Her body was found on Saturday, in a ravine behind a church in Mississauga.
CBC News: Police confirm Cecilia Zhang’s body found.

A city of over a million people searched for this girl, as if everyone knew her. Of course, very few people did, but when a child goes missing it doesn’t matter if she was family, friend, neighbour or stranger. They just need to be found. Sometimes they are, and returned to an ecstatic family. Sometimes they aren’t, and a whole city grieves. It is horrible that this happened to Cecilia’s family. I wish there was a way that we could stop these awful things, that we could make sure that a parent never has to grieve for a lost child.

I never knew Cecilia, but I still feel sad. I hope that she has found peace, and I dearly hope that her family is okay.

Aoife over at Pagan Blogs of the WWW featured me back on March 22nd. She wrote a glowing review that brought tears to my eyes. Five Witch Hats! And I’m well written! You have no idea what it means to me to have someone other then quanta say that. (I know that quanta means it, but me being me, I can’t but feel he is just being nice.)

Wow… my first good review.

Anyway, give Aoife some love. There are links to some great sites over on Pagan Blogs of the WWW.