Just a sad story about one Afghan girl.

I came across this by accident. No political message, just a story about one person.

http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/blogs2986

Married at the age of four, an Afghan girl was subjected to years of beatings and torture, finally escaping to discover that within all the world's cruelty, there is also some kindness.

KABUL,
Afghanistan - Eleven-year old Gulsoma lay in a heap on the ground in front of her father-in-law. He told her that if she didn't find a missing watch by the next morning he would kill her. He almost had already.

Enraged about the missing watch, Gulsoma's father-in-law had beaten her repeatedly with a stick. She was bleeding from wounds all over her body and her right arm and right foot had been broken.

Good for this little girl... I hope her life turns out well, full of love and hope.

Not just in Afghanistan, but around the world. Children, people, living in conditions that most Americans can not even imagine. We are so coddled in this country that many of us have lost sight of the humanity of that is living without hope all around us.