Tag Archives: sorrow

They are all “our” children…

I was grateful to see President Obama on television this evening speaking at the Memorial Service in Newtown, Connecticut.  I felt that the members of that community and the country needed to hear the President acknowledge that the horror of … Continue reading

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We shall find peace…

  We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels; we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. ~Anton Chekhov Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/2006 Daniel Barden, 9/25/2005 Olivia Engel, 7/18/2006 Josephine Gay, 12/11/2005 Ana Marquez-Greene, 4/4/2006 Dylan Hockley, 3/8/2006 Madeleine Hsu, 7/10/2006 … Continue reading

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What could have been…

The NDSU family lost a member Sunday morning.  Colby Jacob Anderson, a freshman at NDSU and all of 18, was killed when he was struck by a train.  Apparently a group of four attempted to cross the tracks at 3 … Continue reading

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Why must it be so real?

Some days the real world is just too much for me.  Such is the case as I read about the death of an infant alleged to be from neglect in the Spirit Lake community and the murder of three children in … Continue reading

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Where is the sense in it all?

Can you hear me screaming? Can you feel veterans’ pain? Can you see the cost of their patriotism? Can you taste the families’ tears? Can you smell the fresh dirt that covers their graves? A veteran commits suicide every 80 … Continue reading

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