tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post8689000610828953475..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: My Syrian RelativesElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-86659263306815247112015-09-05T20:41:36.551-07:002015-09-05T20:41:36.551-07:00Thank you for those suggestions!Thank you for those suggestions!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-2910572934983684582015-09-05T17:32:36.469-07:002015-09-05T17:32:36.469-07:00Well said.Well said.Alicia Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244714478310893367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-33828416826128788262015-09-04T17:35:50.849-07:002015-09-04T17:35:50.849-07:00The International Red Cross/Red Crescent and Oxfam...The International Red Cross/Red Crescent and Oxfam are usually safe organizations to donate to help those in need. Shelter Box is a great organization that helps displaced people.beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802083823614676613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-9821792038031052172015-09-04T13:08:26.410-07:002015-09-04T13:08:26.410-07:00So often you articulate how I feel but can't a...So often you articulate how I feel but can't articulate myself. Yes I feel lucky not proud. Emily P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15910999749422036098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-71834084842050635282015-09-04T12:10:22.933-07:002015-09-04T12:10:22.933-07:00I used to be proudly Canadian but not anymore. It ...I used to be proudly Canadian but not anymore. It becomes more and more embarrassing. It is Canadian officials that denied that little boy and his family into Canada. Most Canadian are sickened by our current Autocrat government. He is a sick and evil man. Canada used to be a place of safety for refugees but not anymore. We used to be peacekeepers but now we have a government that would rather purchase fighter jets than spend money helping people. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-2847788019364899702015-09-04T11:44:58.947-07:002015-09-04T11:44:58.947-07:00I will never understand the mindset of a person wh...I will never understand the mindset of a person who looks at those refugees and sees anything other than a brother or sister, a fellow human in need. Not much shocks me, but I was shocked to see people online criticizing the Syrians who are trying to save their own lives and those of their family How do they not see it is sheer dumb luck that they themselves are not the ones fleeing a war-torn country? The mental gymnastics some people will do to excuse themselves of uncomfortable feelings can be infuriating.<br /><br />I knew which one was your direct ancestor before you told me. There is a resemblance. Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-81843734219416241902015-09-04T10:38:06.739-07:002015-09-04T10:38:06.739-07:00I agree totally. Although my father fought (and ul...I agree totally. Although my father fought (and ultimately, died) for our country's military, I feel no pride in being an "American" versus a Canadian or a Ukrainian or anything else. We are all people and I think that scenes like the ones we are seeing in the media, of people washing up on beaches and drowning and desperately trying to lead their loved ones to safety are just one more reminder that we are all connected. We can create artificial borders, talk about different governmental structures, plow money into foreign wars as though they aren't our problem, but ultimately we are all connected and we will reap what we are sowing. If we refuse to really get involved in ways that are substantive and instead talk about which "side" to support in a war or conflict, we will eventually have to deal with the fallout. I wish I knew what to do. In the meantime, I will keep breathing in pain and breathing out love. kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-86805464883280533102015-09-04T09:11:23.804-07:002015-09-04T09:11:23.804-07:00I am overwhelmed by that picture - one of the sadd...I am overwhelmed by that picture - one of the saddest things I've ever seen. I want very much to do something here, to help. But I too have no idea how to do that. It's seems that America is always the last to reach out. I don't want to think of myself as part of that. But I am, until I figure out what I can do myself.<br />Thank you E for sharing this.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-19182805971719235322015-09-04T07:17:18.340-07:002015-09-04T07:17:18.340-07:00I'm with you all the way. I have no earthly id...I'm with you all the way. I have no earthly idea about what to do to make this situation better. I DO feel very strongly that America needs to step up and assist Europe in accepting these refugees, since American wars so badly destabilized the Middle East.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-70831839712294909132015-09-04T06:34:22.145-07:002015-09-04T06:34:22.145-07:00I am so with you on the borders as well as the pri...I am so with you on the borders as well as the pride in my country thing. Hell. I was just born here. I had nothing to do with that. A few miles south and I would have been born in Mexico. <br />I don't have any answers. Of course. <br />But here's how I feel- sick to my stomach. Sick to my bones. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-71260367986331833102015-09-04T05:42:05.366-07:002015-09-04T05:42:05.366-07:00Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard...Imagine there's no countries<br />It isn't hard to do<br />Nothing to kill or die for<br />And no religion too<br />Imagine all the people<br />Living life in peace...<br />You may say I'm a dreamer<br />But I'm not the only one<br />I hope someday you'll join us<br />And the world will be as oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-12385668804950387292015-09-04T05:26:04.158-07:002015-09-04T05:26:04.158-07:00The photos are so thought provoking. So sad. The ...The photos are so thought provoking. So sad. The trains in Hungary being swarmed by those wanting a better life--desperate for one! The tiny lifeless body on the beach. I just read that his father has given up that dream (of course) and returned to Syria to bury his family. <br /><br />Best,<br />BonnieFrom the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789641912016566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-6654843247904292822015-09-04T04:37:43.673-07:002015-09-04T04:37:43.673-07:00It reminds me of the Jews trying to leave Europe p...It reminds me of the Jews trying to leave Europe prior to WWII and countries refusing to take them in.<br />To do nothing is to be complicit. Write your government. Make a donation. Don't let Alan, the little boy on the beach, have died for nothing.<br /><br /><br />The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.<br /><br /> Edmund Burke <br /><br />My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-68747354980912105222015-09-03T23:19:29.565-07:002015-09-03T23:19:29.565-07:00Thank you for this, Elizabeth. It's unimaginab...Thank you for this, Elizabeth. It's unimaginable, and yet it is happening. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-25844377937120722612015-09-03T23:03:39.543-07:002015-09-03T23:03:39.543-07:00Thank you for this post. Tonight at sangha we talk...Thank you for this post. Tonight at sangha we talked about the immigrant tragedy happening in Europe. And here. It is shameful. Shameful. <br /><br />And that is all. beth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.com