Times Like These

On a day like today, it would be really useful to have some of that Christian faith, or any faith for that matter. What can you do in the middle of of a day like today, but pray for the victims, pray for their families? If I were a person of faith I would be doing just that, and maybe also offering up a few prayers for sanity in a dangerous world.

This morning, A. woke me up at about 7, worried out of her mind, because my niece lives in London and my nephew is there this summer doing an internship, and their parents, my sister and brother in law just sent me their itinerary for London yesterday, and we couldn't quite remember if they were leaving today, or this weekend. Don't worry, everyone is safe, by now my niece and nephew are in the pubs, waiting for the rush hour to be over, so that they can walk to the above ground train station to get home. If I were a person who prayed, I would be thanking any or all gods for keeping my family safe. I am not a person who prays, so instead I worry, and I mourn.

My sister and brother-in-law are leaving tomorrow for London, now more than ever anxious to see the kids. This morning I was on the phone to my sister telling her to bring them home, but my guess is that she won't be able to convince them to come . You can't keep your kids with you forever, at some point they will go out into the world. Truly, we all at some point will venture out, if we are not there already. We don't really live in New York or London, Madrid or New Delhi, we in fact, live in the world. A world that our children will live in, work in, and raise families in. I would like to be able to count on something besides prayers to keep them safe.

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