"Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond'rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces... Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug's juices!"

William Boyd Watterson II

The sights and scenes of spring aren’t always lovely or endearing, like this hatching of these sweet, harmless, tiny garden spiders. To those of us who are not afflicted with arachnophobia this scene is wholesome and delightful giving us happy fuzzy feelings. However those good feelings disappear and are replaced by something less pleasant when we notice the predator in their midst’s hunting the vulnerable babies. And unfortunately this is a natural reality in that predators will seek out the most innocent and vulnerable to prey upon and Humanity is no exception. Children are our most valuable resource, we have no future without them and as a species our ongoing survival is contingent on our children. Unfortunately they are the first target of predators, exploiters and monsters amongst us who put their own hedonistic needs above the rights of the rest of humanity, particularly our children. We have had too many generations of child abuse, exploitation and abuse. Every child matters and their rights to grow up in natural healthy bodies is just as important, if not more than any other facet of environmental justice or social equality.

© TS Ni hUiginn