Well, I done did it. I disappeared from the face of Facebook for 18 hours. A few people noticed. Some of those who did -- well, they didn't really care. After all, it's only Facebook, and there are other ways to get a hold of me. I appreciate the efforts of some who tried to investigate, who sent me emails, who sent text messages. But in the end, my friends knew that there had to be a reasonable explanation for my sudden disappearance from my usual stomping grounds. And since Facebook life went on as usual for my family, people knew I'd be back eventually, and they are right. I'm back.
Alas, around the world there are thousands who disappear everyday, and their lives and the lives of their loved ones are turned upside down and shaken to the core, with little to no hope of ever seeing their missing loved ones again. EVER. Some are "enforced disappearances" of enemies of powerful people. Others are emergency disappearances due to natural disasters. Still more are disappearances due to the ever growing demand for human "services". More often than not, these sudden disappearances become permanent, unexplained, and unresolved.
August 30 was originally declared International Day of Enforced Disappearances to promote awareness of the increasing numbers of people missing as a result of political conflicts around the world. Today the title has been modified to International Day of the Disappeared, to include those missing after disasters and those abducted for human trafficking purposes. The purpose remains the same: to promote awareness of and provide support for the plights of those affected by these disappearances.
I'm back. They're not. Not nuff said. Never nuff said.
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