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Grasswire2

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12. I've cried half the day today over the boy, walking, crying...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:42 PM

Mar 2022

...and the closest link I could possibly have to anyone from that part of the world is two of my grandchildren whose gr gr grandfather on their other side left Moldava in 1904 and came to America when he was four years old. I am not related to him.

And I have two other grandchildren whose family fled Germany prior to WW2. Again, those were not blood relatives of mine.

But that boy today, crying.....

This keeps running through my head:

Bless the beasts and the children, for in this world they have no voice, they have no choice...

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I am reacting viscerally to news out of UKR as if it were my own country. [View all] Stinky The Clown Mar 2022 OP

... SheltieLover Mar 2022 #1

Damn near is !! GQP and Putrid have some goals; no democracy uponit7771 Mar 2022 #2

I understand. Nevilledog Mar 2022 #3

Omg! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #4

Fuck no.....just the opposite. I always dream of *losing* lottery numbers. Nevilledog Mar 2022 #10

Lol SheltieLover Mar 2022 #11

Yale is offering free "Science of Well Being" course SheltieLover Mar 2022 #5

Yes I believe we're all taking it personally FakeNoose Mar 2022 #6

Why do you suppose that is? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #7

For me.... I have friends there. Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #9

yes, yes. I agree. KarenS Mar 2022 #8

I've cried half the day today over the boy, walking, crying... Grasswire2 Mar 2022 #12

In this case the rights and wrongs seem pretty clear. Tomconroy Mar 2022 #13