welcome to wartime

[mamajoan]

Sigh.

I could have posted about my day, which was pretty eventful, but right now I just feel like ... not.

I have that same feeling I remember from Gulf War I, that "the world is ending, how can people go about their normal lives?" feeling. I can't imagine going to work tomorrow and just doing my usual thing. OTOH, what am I gonna do, sit on my sofa all day and watch CNN? I don't have enough tears in me for that.

And it's worse this time around too, compounded as all my feelings of helplessness are by the whole "how can I bring another child into this crap?" guilt thing. Not to mention my mom being thousands of miles away in Hawaii where I can't reach her and have to worry about her too. All in all, not good news for my state of mind.

Of course, the sleep deprivation can't be helping either. I should really get to bed.

May the world have mercy on us. But not too much. It's more than we deserve.

Comments

[retch.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not sure if it will help, but if the sensation is the same... just remember how the first part of this conflict turned out, it was hardly the end of the world, and in terms of military conflicts it was relatively low casualties compared to actual wars the US (and Iraq) had been involved in previously. War is terrible, but there is at least hope that this one will be over swiftly and cleanly, for our, and the Iraqi's sake. No guarantees of course, but the possibility is there.

Anyhow, comparitively speaking, the world you're going to be bringing Chickpea into is very benign compared to most of our history. Remember when we were kids and there was the constant threat of nuclear war looming over us? Our parents had Vietnam, their parents had WWII, etc. A military conflict with a tinpot dictatorship, and a massive souring of our relations with a large portion of the world is pretty insignificant in comparison... Plus if it will make you feel better I'll do my entire medtech/computation/communication/space utopia rant about how we're approaching the Singularity and it all looks good... :)

HUG!

Remember, caring and compassion is part of what makes us human, even if it means you feel sad over bad things happening. Those traits are worth embracing, and they are part of why you should have hope for how the world can grow. Violent conflict ends, the world moves on, and by dint of our efforts the lot of everybody improves. It may be slow, it may have setbacks, but the basic goodness of people has always triumphed in the long run.

[sandykidd.livejournal.com]

el-chlaal, your brother and i worry about you and your mum, too. this war has been invading our every conversation and deed (especially sleep) since it began. heck, i've even been toying with the idea of starting a non-profit to help peace activism get off the ground here in AZ. *sigh* look, lady, just give us a call if you need to chat--of course, i won't be able to talk (lost my voice), but your bro can translate my wild, improvisational sign language for you. we'd love to hear from you, anyway, and misery loves company, right? *smile/pat* -sk

woops!

[sandykidd.livejournal.com]

forgot to link to my fundraising for peace project in my last post. -sk