Today in the World

 I read the news today, oh boy   John Lennon

I’m going to visit my other two sons today. Watching the news about the terrorist attack in Israel reminds me that we can never take the idea of seeing loved ones again for granted. Never. I’m so very grateful that I’m near enough to visit with them and give each an embarrassingly (for them) long hug.

Today, I will hold sacred space within for the global pain of senseless war. Today, I will represent the love of parents for children lost, for children with parents lost, and for partners who have lost their soulmates. This is especially true as I sit with my brother on what would have been his wife’s 70th birthday. She died very suddenly a little over two years ago, and this visit was planned with that in mind.

Mutual friends joined my brother and myself at a favorite restaurant last night to toast her memory, and to remember her with a few tears and much laughter.

Today, Israelis are mourning the sudden and senseless murders of their kinfolk. May their memories become blessings. May all people hold tight to the love they feel for their dear ones, and for the dear ones of all who are mourning.

Today, I am grateful for knowing love, both the getting and the giving. Love will always win.

And so it is.