As we have stopped at Rally's in so many different states, I've seen how easy it is for a missing persons case to fall between the cracks, to be only spoken about between family and friends. So many families of a missing loved one hearing of the Rally Stop, show up clutching their missing loved ones picture close to their hearts, hoping for help. It's getting easier to pick them out without seeing their picture, it's the look of help, the standing off to the side as if waiting for someone to notice and make the first move. They look so helpless,lost, scared. They need help but their voices aren't loud enough, their fight not strong enough. You notice a change in them, the longer they listen to other stories, they don't seen as scared, it's as if you lost your voice but it's returned. One by one they filter closer to the strong ones and before we pull away heading to our next stop, they've spoke in front of a crowd about their loved one, they seem taller, stronger, ready to fight for their missing loved one. I ask myself over and over, especially when it's a child around my children's age or my grandchildren, could I be strong, could I move forward, would I be able to fight to get the much needed help and answers I deserve? Would I be like some who just sit there in a daze unable to do anything, I can't answer those questions. I don't think anyone can that has not walked the path of having a missing loved one.
Angie
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