> I intended to come here today to vent about what an icky night Darien and I had last night.
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> And then I found out about what happened, and suddenly the whole world doesn't seem to make sense.
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> Not only do my problems seem ridiculous and trivial, but I feel so helpless, so completely and utterly unable to do anything. I have family in PA. (Thank God, not near where the plane crashed, but I didn't know that at first.) I have friends in New York. And I can't do anything.
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> Will there be a war? Will Darien be drafted? Will we ever get married? So much is racing through my head, and I don't know how to make sense of it.
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> I pray that we, as a nation, will be able to pull together and make it through this...
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> ~Mina

One step and one day at a time.

The incredible loss, the barrage of images in the aftermath of this tragedy is overwhelming. It's a stomach-churner. I have to step back after a while; we can't talk about it 24/7, and won't be able to, in the difficult months ahead. Unexpectedly the tragedy and loss can strike closer to home, especially if Rinkies discover friends and folks whom they know who have suffered. I pray for them; we have to. And I wouldn't consider it trite if you still wanted to discuss what happened to you and Darien last night. In spite of everything, things go on with our own lives... they have to.

Wolfspirit