My Peace Globe celebrates The Blog Blast for Peace by imagining a world without gun violence. Meanwhile the horrifying scene at Fort Hood was unfolding:
• Twelve people killed and 31 wounded
• Injured gunman identified as Nidal Malik Hasan
• He was a psychiatrist, worked at Walter Reed
• Military earlier said gunman died
Too ugly, too awful, and just wrong.
These are the thoughts and observations of me — a woman of a certain age. (Oh, my, God, I'm 65!) I'm single. I'm successful enough (independent, self supporting). I live just outside Chicago, the best city in the world. I'm an aunt and a friend. I feel that voices like mine are rather underrepresented online or in print. So here I am. If my musings resonate with you, please visit my blog again sometime.
The irony. Oh it's horrible.
ReplyDeleteAnd still we blog peace.
Prayers for the families and victims.
I can't believe this happened on Peace Globe day. But then no day is a good day for this kind of thing to happen.
ReplyDeleteThe tighter our military is stretched, the more often something of this nature is going to happen. It is so very sad and doesn't have to be this way.
ReplyDeleteAnd, as Mimi said, "and still we blog peace."
After tragedy comes the response. Will we respond beyond tightening security, etc., and take real action for the spiritual price our country pays for war/violence?
ReplyDelete"And still we blog peace."
This is just tragic. And avoidable.
ReplyDelete