A RANT

WHY IS IT THAT...


So the press have had to cough up, and not before time too.

No one can have failed to take an interest in the upsetting tale of what happened to Madeleine McCann. There is not a family in the land who wouldn't weep with joy if this pretty little girl was found alive. But what did happen to Madeleine? The problem is no one knows. And what does the press do if they don't know? They make it up.

Andrew Neil summed it up well today, saying it is the story of a little girl who simply vanished.
There is no answer to her demise so the story had legs, it was up and running, way, way too fast.

Everyone wants answers and the painful truth is there sometimes just aren't any.

What is important now is how the McCanns cope. They have two other beautiful children, who remember their big sister and must ask where she is. Imagine waking every morning with the thought of what happened to your little girl. Imagine trying to sleep every night not knowing the answer to this question.

We all have theories and most of them don't have a happy ending. I am personally not even convinced she was abducted. I still have this gut feeling she woke and wandered into the night, looking for her parents. Whatever the answer, it is time now for the family to have the courage to move on. If for no other reason than the welfare and happiness of their remaining children.

This doesn't mean that they have given up, for until a body is found, there is always a glimmer of hope, no matter how faint. But the reality is that ten years from now nothing may have changed. So let's all give this family a break and leave them alone. I just hope they have the courage to get on with the rest of their lives.