A baby was abandoned in a clump of bushes near a canal in Mahaicony this week. Left with the part of the placenta still attached perhaps his mother even in her desperation thought the baby would be nourished by the womb’s source until he was found. She left him wrapped in gift paper where the divine ones like the spirits of our ancestors perhaps protected him until he was found. These gifts of children to Guyana are born uncorrupted, filled with hope and promise and should be protected and cherished.
The baby was found on Monday, but residents believe that he was abandoned on Sunday as they heard cries which they believed were the barks of a dog. Puzzling how the cries of a newborn baby would be mistaken for a barking dog. But we often let the noise of the world drown the cries of our children when they are abused and neglected. Rain wet the baby until his cries could no longer be ignored by curious farmers who were working in the area. The fact that the baby was found alive, unharmed, and healthy, perhaps is evidence that the unseen ones did watch over him.