#abandonment

#abandonment

I felt an inner devastation that caused so much emotional distress I could no longer hide it or hide from it through my work. I did not feel like doing anything except cry and share my suffering with anyone willing to listen. After Karla left me for the third time, I went to a meditation retreat in Estes Park, Colorado, led by Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk who founded mindfulness and was nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr., for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The emotional journey of three newborns, abandoned in different regions, converges fifty years later as they search for their identity and shared history.

Police are investigating after four large pythons were found abandoned in the Lincolnshire countryside, with one still suspected to be at large.

"I wanted to cry actually. It's awful to find them like this. They couldn't get out of there. It's like being in prison."