Response to Inventory/ The Tokens: Christopher Turner

This article made me feel very sorrowful. Due to the fact that the women of those days had to give up their babies in hope they would survive. I couldn't image having to give away something that precious. I have no personal experience with this type of loss or selflessness. The only thing I can think to relate it to is the form of the tokens. As Americans, when we visit graves we often will leave flowers or small objects. It's a way to grieve and connect with the person that was lost. In a sense, I think leaving these small tokens with the children was a way for the mother to grieve and still attempt to be connected. It is in human nature to show compassion and to feel sorrow when a great loss has happened. In this sense, the mothers may have felt even more sorrow because they were giving up their babies for the greater good. Whether if it was because they could not support them or because the child would have been labeled a bastard. It is not often in our day and age that we come across instances where this type of selflessness happens. This article definitely made me stop and think about the greater scheme and how times have greatly changed.