… But I am not arriving this time.
And I am sad and scared and angry to say “this time”… Lost in dismay at the frequency of horror in our society…
Is our world breaking?
I am sending Love and Prayers, the only antidote I know.
Many thanks to Jeanne at Collage of Life for her most recent post. I found some peace in reading it and if you are so inclined, you can find it here.
I think sometimes my heart can't take anymore this kind of senseless violence. I was trying hard not to think or talk about it. The sorrow and pain can be too much and very hard to comprehend.
xo Amelia
Dear Heather..it seems almost unbelievable..what is happening in America. My daughter, living in PA, asked me why this was happening…I struggled with an answer. She moved to the USA in August 2012, the last time she lived in the USA was in 1998. Too young to understand the world around us at that time. The heartache seems to come one after another..no longer all those years separating one incomprehensible tragedy from another. Thank you for suggesting my post, I am glad there was something there that resonated with you. I am off to Boston tomorrow..with a heavy heart. Thinking of you as we each sit on distant shores wondering what is happening in our home country. xx
Dear Heather…words can not express the depth of emotion, from one tragedy to the next. We feel it deeply and seem to always be searching. I am off to Boston tomorrow, my 'hometown'. I travel quietly…knowing what it to come. Through it all we search for understanding, grabbing what we can. I am glad that my post touched you in some small way. Thank you for passing it along. Thinking of you as we both sit on distant shores wondering what it going on in our home country.. xx
Sending good thoughts your way, Vicki. And of course to those in Texas and Boston. And the parents of the Newton tragedy who must be devastated by the US Senate blocking restrictions on gun control. Yes, it is too much. Too much.
xo,
H
This morning's news in Texas makes me only feel more and more saddened by the state of our world… senseless tragedy… however perpetrated it is utterly devastating… and right now the unfathomable just seems to roll on and on… Boston was enough… too, too much… and yet now the US has this explosion to deal with…
I feel quite flat as I am sure you do Heather… xxv
Very grateful that your Granddaughter is safe and sending strength towards Boston.
Travel safely and what a blessing that you were able to be with all of your children in the midst of such difficulty. I remember well the sadness in NYC after 9/11.
Perfectly said, D. Sending my Best to you too…
I am glad to see that I am not the only one who was touched by Suze's wise ways.
Joan, I didn't know that you were a Bostonian too. And you have done so much to work for a better world in your life, you are an example to us all.