32 killed on a college campus
170 killed in a Baghdad market
Why doesn't it bother me anymore?
How can I hear the news and continue
my routine....listen to the latest
developments in
between loads of laundry?
What's happening to me?
AM I really that numb...that
desensitived to violence in our
society? I almost thought...."Yeah,
it's about time something like that
happened again. We're due."
I remember Columbine. I remember
holding my baby and crying as I watched
it unfold on TV.
I remember 911. I remember keeping my
toddlers occupied while I stared in disbelief
at the images. I couldn't take it anymore,
so I packed them up and went to the mall. I
walked and talked with complete strangers about
what was happening.
Last night I watched CNN to hear the
human side of the story....heard the
roommates of the killer speak, saw the
tears of those who lost friends....I felt
something finally as I tried to identify.
But I didn't cry and I somehow wasn't shocked.
But I was angry.
Because it seems all too familiar....
suicide bombings, crazy kids with guns.
When did this become part of our lives?
Why can't we change things?
Why are young men and women being killed daily in Iraq?
Why can young, disturbed men pick up a deadly weapon
without question?
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3 comments:
Wow Heather, that moved me. I have to say I must be numb too... it's not a good feeling. You've made me think...
Thanks for sharing that Heather. I guess at least you're trying - you're watching and thinking and praying. I am avoiding - I haven't watched the news and only read online enough to get the basics and then I turn my mind to something else. I think it might be good for me to spend a little more space and prayer on matters bigger than my 4 walls. But it all just seems like so much, you know?
Very compelling Heather; I too have had my head in the sand, I don't really watch the news, or read the papers. I get too emotionally involved and so I try to avoid the pain in that. However, you make a good point... perhaps I shouldn't be running from feeling this empathy, from knowing about the worlds pain... I should be sharing in it, and praying for those enduring it. Thanks for writing this piece.
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