Elizabeth Smart - Miss American Pie

Bye Bye Miss American Pie - What a song. This is the song for today. THIS is a link to an interesting analysis of the song itself. It talks about the breakdown and disillusionment of America - a sort of loss of innocence.

It makes me think of Elizabeth Smart. Only, she somehow managed to stay whole and good and pure. Surely not innocent, but everything else. What a good kid.

You know, my heart was, and still is, hers. I can scarcely think of her without crying. She was all at once everyone's child, everyone's beloved and precious daughter. She was mine, and I wept so many tears over her. The day she was found, I screamed and cried - "SHE'S HOME!!!" into the phone to Darrin, as if she had been our daughter. At that moment, she might have been. She might as well have been. She was everyone's dreams and hopes and belief for the children of our world. She was the fair-haired child in all our hearts - gone, gone, gone . . . and then suddenly, impossibly - HOME! How could it be?

And now, she is beautiful, and perfect and whole. She is a woman now. She is going on a mission. She is faithful and sweet and wants to serve the Lord. God bless her, and may he cradle her in his arms forever.