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lauraanne_gilmanNot so long ago I suggested, with great seriousness, that all the lands of the Middle East be cleared, and three generations pass before anyone was allowed to live there again. Because, I swear, there's something in the sand and in the air that drives people insane.
Watching the news scrapes at my heart. I was only in Israel once, many years ago, but my memories of it are lovely, and loved. I see cities smoking over rubble and blood, and wonder if people I know, their children, their loved ones, were in the line of fire. And I'll never know.
May the cease fire hold long enough for at least a temporary sanity to take root, and thrive...
Watching the news scrapes at my heart. I was only in Israel once, many years ago, but my memories of it are lovely, and loved. I see cities smoking over rubble and blood, and wonder if people I know, their children, their loved ones, were in the line of fire. And I'll never know.
May the cease fire hold long enough for at least a temporary sanity to take root, and thrive...
