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in reply to a message by Gia Nadine
Gia (and anybody else who's interested)
You can still do a lot for those who'll need help in the long run.
I remember reading an article about the last survivor of the Omagh bombing to go home. The bombing in Omagh, County Tyrone , Northern Ireland, occurred in August of 1998, and the lady didn't come home until almost Christmas (it was her Christmas present to her remaining children. Her youngest died in the bombing).
She needed quite a number of surgeries and rehabilitation (as did most of the survivors), and I'm pretty sure that some of them are still requiring some form of aid (not monetary, but in the form of rehab, psychological, somebody to listen and/or hold a hand, etc.).
I know that what happened in New York was considerably worse in the amount of lives lost, but in reality, it really isn't, because just one person can make a hell of a difference in the lives of those who had lost friends and/or loved ones in the insanity of terrorism. When all the damn fanfare is gone, there is still going to be a need for the quiet heroes and heroines.
And (if what I'm hearing is right) war breaks out, EVERYBODY'S gonna have to be there for the next person, no matter where that person is from or what his/her religion is or anything. Even if it's seeing/holding your next child, despite the squirming that'll probably happen (wars are NEVER really short, just battles).
Nanaea , if your canine companions are of an easy temperment, they could be of as much assistance as Gia 's children in both the short and long runs.
Thanks, Mike C., for letting me toss in my two pennies (ka-ching)
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
You can still do a lot for those who'll need help in the long run.
I remember reading an article about the last survivor of the Omagh bombing to go home. The bombing in Omagh, County Tyrone , Northern Ireland, occurred in August of 1998, and the lady didn't come home until almost Christmas (it was her Christmas present to her remaining children. Her youngest died in the bombing).
She needed quite a number of surgeries and rehabilitation (as did most of the survivors), and I'm pretty sure that some of them are still requiring some form of aid (not monetary, but in the form of rehab, psychological, somebody to listen and/or hold a hand, etc.).
I know that what happened in New York was considerably worse in the amount of lives lost, but in reality, it really isn't, because just one person can make a hell of a difference in the lives of those who had lost friends and/or loved ones in the insanity of terrorism. When all the damn fanfare is gone, there is still going to be a need for the quiet heroes and heroines.
And (if what I'm hearing is right) war breaks out, EVERYBODY'S gonna have to be there for the next person, no matter where that person is from or what his/her religion is or anything. Even if it's seeing/holding your next child, despite the squirming that'll probably happen (wars are NEVER really short, just battles).
Nanaea , if your canine companions are of an easy temperment, they could be of as much assistance as Gia 's children in both the short and long runs.
Thanks, Mike C., for letting me toss in my two pennies (ka-ching)
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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True Phyllis I can do more later with my children! I just wish there was something I could do now. But I cant give blood cause I am pregnant! And I have no extra money at the momment due to me moving and paying money to break my lease! But I plan to hopefully give some money once I get things back in order! Things are so crazy everywhere! I moved into my new apartment the day before the WTC thing! So everything was really overwhelming! But I may have to do more later!
Thanks!!
Gia
Thanks!!
Gia
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Gia
You have two working arms? Your child has two working arms? Use them. I heard about some "mischief" during Arab Fest here in Milwaukee and I wonder if it will continue at the Holiday Folk Fair here in Milwaukee (I volunteer there, so I kinda keep an eye/ear out for what gives).
I was listening to NPR broadcasts yesterday, and one of the segments was about an Afghani mosque in Flushing, NY. They were anxiously awaiting word about one of the members who worked at the World Trade Center, and, at the same time, trying to avoid being attacked by donkeys who call themselves real Americans.
I also reread a book about an all Japanese-American unit that fought during WWII, and I thought about those men who were forced out of their homes and marched over to a concentration camp just because their ancestors happened to come from the same country as the men who bombed Pearl Harbor. Are we going to do something like that to the Afghan people living in the United States? Or the "Arabs" (some of them aren't muslim or even from the Middle East)
I must stop before I send a fist through the monitor (I'm at school, so it's not mine that I would be destroying). Goddess knows I'm furious enough to do it.
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria) (who needs a kitty break)
You have two working arms? Your child has two working arms? Use them. I heard about some "mischief" during Arab Fest here in Milwaukee and I wonder if it will continue at the Holiday Folk Fair here in Milwaukee (I volunteer there, so I kinda keep an eye/ear out for what gives).
I was listening to NPR broadcasts yesterday, and one of the segments was about an Afghani mosque in Flushing, NY. They were anxiously awaiting word about one of the members who worked at the World Trade Center, and, at the same time, trying to avoid being attacked by donkeys who call themselves real Americans.
I also reread a book about an all Japanese-American unit that fought during WWII, and I thought about those men who were forced out of their homes and marched over to a concentration camp just because their ancestors happened to come from the same country as the men who bombed Pearl Harbor. Are we going to do something like that to the Afghan people living in the United States? Or the "Arabs" (some of them aren't muslim or even from the Middle East)
I must stop before I send a fist through the monitor (I'm at school, so it's not mine that I would be destroying). Goddess knows I'm furious enough to do it.
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria) (who needs a kitty break)
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