He Leadeth Me

....This narrative story unveils the melodrama of an orphan child whose sanguine life was suddenly stifled by ambiguity. Constant hardship and sorrow encompassed him as he struggled to survive in this cruel world. ....At last, the swaddled soiled bundle on her back could be removed after her Uncle untied the cloth knot around her slim waist. He handed the dying child into the merciful nurse's hand! Frightening thoughts of her being left here were erased once Second Uncle gently grasped her hand. She sadly turned aside, heading back home, crossing the rice paddy fields, passing small villages along the winding dirt road to Tai Cheng Garden. Tin Shui Wai was the major rice growing and trading market before the war. It was her unquenched desire to reunite with her brother someday.....As I read the book very closely, there were many sad parts. Perhaps the most disturbing incident was his adopted mother's refusal to allow him to call her "Ma". I put myself in his shoes and could feel the rejection and sadness in a young child's heart. However, Robert had a resilience and determination as a little boy that still shows today.