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Darlings, I am still in shock from the attack on the Boston Marathon. This week the violence once again hit home. And for in my case it very close to home. I grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts.The injuries sustained by the runners and the bystanders are horrific. The bombs may be “low-tech,” as the reports say, but their builders know how to inflict massive misery. Sadly, attacks like the one and on other soft targets may be our new “normal” as we learn to live with the same type of fear and uncertainty that has plagued the rest of the world for decades.
The very thought of it leaves me reeling.
Darlings, be kind. Kindness is a greatly underestimated weapon in the fight against darkness.
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