Anymore it seems like I can go too long without even opening a news story about what's happening in Iraq. It seems like it's all just repeat after repeat of the same old tired story: more bombings, more death, more outrage, less outrage, less understanding, more confusion, more intricacies, less willingness to speak out because really- WHAT as a nation are we supposed to do now? I don't know, do you know?
I had a perfect opportunity to post a personally relevant "protest of the week" post this week as we recognize our 4 year presence in Iraq, but I didn't even want to think about it.
Every few weeks I stop reading about it.
I often stop reading the news all together and focus on more personal things, like my kid's birth days, my mother-in-law struggles, or whether or not I should participate in bring back the eighties trends.
Today though, this story from the NYT tear-jerked me. The headline is sad enough, but the whole story is important stuff- the human stuff, the political stuff. If you are another war-weary-apathy-stricken-too-tired-of-war-and-death-American-Citizen lets remind each other to keep reading, keep aware, and keep forming opinions even when they might be the wrong ones, because we will never know really what is right here, but keep thinking, and keep talking, and keep hoping, and keep praying.
It's rather cliche I know, but I have the quote, "There is no way to peace, Peace is the Way," (A.J Muste)uUp in my house for my children to read everyday (I hope). It's true and maybe if enough of us start believing it, it will happen. Even if peace only happens in the smallest ways, it's something, and that's more than nothing.
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