From The Last English Prince:
There is only one word to describe the manner in which Rep. Frederica Wilson has manipulated the emotions of a grieving and pregnant widow of a slain soldier:
Wickedness.
As a member of a community involved in the healing arts The Last English Prince has been in the presence of the aftermath of physical crime.
We can heal most physical wounds given sufficient time. Healing is the slow unfolding of a restorative miracle. But wounds against the soul (mind, will and emotion) require more delicate care and concern.
A woman who has been physically assaulted in violent manner can receive reconstructive surgery and medications to relieve her physical pain. But it may take a lifetime to resolve the grief surrounding what was perpetrated against her.
The wounds which Ms. Wilson has inflicted on the widow Myeshia Johnson are a criminal act, yet in a category which cannot be punished. Manipulation of grief is a crime against the most vulnerable.
Rep. Frederica Wilson is not different than the man who convinces a widow her roof needs replaced and then merely hammers on a couple of new shingles, changes a lightbulb in the house, and cashes a large check. (true story)
Regarding Myeshia Johnson and her complaint (an understandable one) that she has not seen the remains of her husband – there is no wickedness involved in the decision of the military.
Having attended the funeral of a young soldier who was killed in Baghdad years ago I noted the careful reconstruction of facial features, including a set of eyelashes.
Perhaps – what remains in the casket of U.S. Army Sgt LaDavid Johnson is a history lesson regarding the violence we invoke upon ourselves when we take the oath.
Immense kindness – may be involved in any decision to keep a military casket closed.
As for the widow Myeshia Johnson, kindness involves comfort for those who mourn. True comfort displays in the Biblical kindness of the friends of Job who traveled to sit beside him in silence – as he took a pot shard and scraped his wounds.
Representative Frederica Wilson has taken her own pot shard and scraped wounds beyond debridement and on into the arena of inflicting greater emotional trauma. She is a wicked woman. A political predator. Call her not among the camp of the righteous.
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