A Song Sadly Comes to Life

HolyCoast Mom runs an email prayer line and they had been praying for a family in Bakersfield that was going through a terrible divorce. The father had attempted suicide earlier this summer, and yesterday morning things came to a tragic head:

Early this morning (August 8, 2009), at 2:25 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office Communication Center received an emergency 911 call.

The 911 caller was a child reporting that her mother and grandmother had been shot in their residence in the 200 block of South Plymouth Street.

Deputies responded and found two adult females dead from apparent gunshot wounds inside the residence. Furthermore, they located two children in the residence, including the child who called 911.

The deputies had learned from the children that the suspect in the investigation was their father, and that he had fled the area. Later the suspect was located and arrested.

Homicide detectives are still in the process of their investigation. The suspect’s name will be released once the Coroners Office makes the needed notifications and releases the victim's names.

Unfortunately, prayers are not always answered in the way we think they should be.

Left behind are two little girls, one entering kindergarten and one third grade this fall. The whole story is terribly sad.

My quartet recorded a song a few years ago that almost tells this story, and it's one that I've gotten many, many comments from audiences over the years. I can't tell you how many people have come up to me after a performance and told me of a similar story in their lives.

Here it is - "The Little Girl"