Remembering Maria Sue Chunxi Chapman

Most anyone who is a fan of Steven Curtis Chapman and even some who aren’t know about the accident in May when his youngest daughter Maria Sue died right after her fifth birthday. After I found out I spent several days feeling horrible and crying. After a while I stopped crying, though each time I heard Cinderella it made me pretty sober for the rest of the day. But seeing this interview had we emotionally messed up for the whole night. Besides the fact Larry showed himself to be insensitive and uncaring, they were obviously having such a hard time. It was really hard to watch. I was doing fairly well until I saw the picture Maria had made the morning she died and I just started sobbing. I truly don’t know how they can possibly stand having their little girl taken from them, even with their faith. It really made me think. On the other interview what made me very sad was when Mary Beth said quite honestly that part of her says it doesn’t matter if this accident changed people’s lives, she wants Maria back. It’s so true. I’d rather people could find out in a way that didn’t involve the taking of a little life.
I hate how much emphasis media is putting on Will Franklin, saying he killed her. Could you imagine how you would feel if the whole world was saying that you had killed your little sister? His story and his telling how much Caleb and Shaohannah had helped him touched me.
I didn’t really know the story until today, even though it happened three months ago. I only knew she had been accidentally killed by the family SUV. (No, it wasn’t an accident. For God at least. He knew it was time to take her home, for reasons we can’t understand.)
What else to say? You can’t say anything else. I hope someday they do a new recording of Cinderella with his new ending, “All too soon the clock will strike midnight, but the truth is the dance will go on” as opposed to “All too soon the clock will strike midnight and she’ll be gone.”
I don’t understand. I won’t understand until I go home too. But… I guess we just have to trust God that he did exactly what was meant to happen. And until then the dance will go on.