"Housemaid Found Dead"

small print. Buried in with the "road victims" and "missing daughter" (she ran away to escape parental abuse.) No names..."A Kuwaiti man is being held for questioning after he admitted to beating his Asian housemaid to death." (Kuwait Times, Mar 3, 2011) First, he told police he found her unconscious outside the house. When confronted with the forensic evidence of the maids beating, her employer of two weeks "admitted to beating the maid after she failed to perform as he expected her to."

I wonder what his expectations were?
Work 20 hour days without rest?
Keep his undisciplined, self-centered children under control without any authority?
Provide services not in the contract?
Work for half the amount she agreed to on the contract she signed before coming here?

In the same paper, photos of Asian women & other expatriots were shown in a "caught red handed" pose; rounded up on a raid, guilty of prostitution (not likely what they thought they were being hired for)or doing drugs. Funny, isn't it that the Kuwaiti who murdered his maid is just "being held for questioning" and remains unnamed when these such mugshots are splattered through out the papers.

My spirit is boiling, heat rising, a crescendo of anger at the injustice I see. The fury spills down my cheeks unchecked. Perhaps these tears belong to God himself. On my own, I couldn't care this much. I'd probably rather just read the fashion pages & look the other way.

I'm thankful I could sell Trash To Treasure items today to pet lovers at the PAWS Dog Show. It was a lovely event for families. I'm glad this charity cares for animals who've been neglected or abused in this country; God knows there are plenty. However, hearing people tell of animals they'd rescued who were sad, dirty, hungry & injured left me grieved that so few seem to care about the plight of humans who suffer so much more while their families back home await the grocery money and tuition fees that never come. Meanwhile, mommy waits in jail, or in a shelter, forgotten by greedy employers hoping to get re-paid for the cost of their absconded maid. That is if they survived their job in the first place. Not all do.