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24. Please pass a hug along to your mother from me.....

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Sun Feb 1, 2015, 12:10 AM

Feb 2015

And take one for yourself!

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So Tonight... My 85+ Year Old Mom Is Sobbing Uncontrollably... [View all] WillyT Jan 2015 OP

We can only take so much crap, and then we're done. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2015 #1

Hard to even know what to say. Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #2

I'm 68 and I'm no longer amazed at how crazy the world is vlyons Jan 2015 #22

Nice post. Lapsed Buddhist here (if such is possible); I'm now full-tilt Marxist (materialist) but KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #29

funny, I'm a democratic socialist vlyons Feb 2015 #32

After Bush and Cheney I stopped believing in karma in any meaningful sense. (I probably should KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #34

thank you UpInArms Feb 2015 #42

This is very helpful, vlyons. Makes it a tiny bit easier to process what madness goes on around us. calimary Feb 2015 #70

What seems hopeless? hfojvt Feb 2015 #44

It is everywhere marions ghost Feb 2015 #45

it already is pretty rare and becoming less common hfojvt Feb 2015 #55

War deaths should be included marions ghost Feb 2015 #58

I think the media should have some perspective hfojvt Feb 2015 #60

You see the world as good guys vs. bad guys marions ghost Feb 2015 #62

What should we do, then? ladyVet Feb 2015 #50

I would suggest hfojvt Feb 2015 #59

my mom and dad died ten months apart and every day when I talk roguevalley Feb 2015 #71

Yes, people have always been doing awful things to each other. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #53

This is profound. cilla4progress Jan 2015 #3

Hang in there. cally Jan 2015 #4

Oh. Your poor mom. Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #5

It's tough to want to stay informed Tsiyu Jan 2015 #6

I am sorry to hear that Newest Reality Jan 2015 #7

excellent post marions ghost Feb 2015 #46

I'm so sorry for her - and us. Triana Jan 2015 #8

SO SORRY, elleng Jan 2015 #9

many hugs for you and your mom! steve2470 Jan 2015 #10

Hug her malaise Jan 2015 #11

I am 73 years old and that is what I was thinking. Set down beside her and hold her in your arms. jwirr Jan 2015 #16

The worst is yet to come. roamer65 Jan 2015 #12

I join you in feeling like crap also. Wish I could say something to help. Just take this: kelliekat44 Jan 2015 #13

Give her your love and a hug WillyT. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #14

Sorry to hear that n2doc Jan 2015 #15

Very sorry to hear this... cyberswede Jan 2015 #17

Oh my... SoapBox Jan 2015 #18

One Thought That Helps Me Cope Leith Jan 2015 #19

Give your mom one of these for me: Brigid Jan 2015 #20

i weep with her. we are doing this wrong. spanone Jan 2015 #21

While what happened to the Japanese journalist is horrific, avebury Jan 2015 #23

Like we're any better than ISIS. Just yesterday, Texas executed an inmate with an KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #31

I actually think that this country is far worse then avebury Feb 2015 #49

There's a line from Shakespeare that comes to mind: "Oh, it is excellent to have KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #52

my uncle was a prisoner of the Japanese Imperial Army for three years grasswire Feb 2015 #39

Please pass a hug along to your mother from me..... Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2015 #24

Comfort her and remind her of her contribution to the world. hamsterjill Feb 2015 #25

I am with you there 2naSalit Feb 2015 #26

What a wonderful caring person. Your post brought tears to my eyes. People like your mother... BlueJazz Feb 2015 #27

Crazy crap world lunasun Feb 2015 #28

I am ten years younger and I understand. oldandhappy Feb 2015 #30

If you have access, Beethoven's "9th Symphony" (and the 4th choral movement) KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #33

I'm so sorry WillyT. lovemydog Feb 2015 #35

the quote is from ts eliot rather than merton. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #47

Thanks ND-Dem lovemydog Feb 2015 #63

you're welcome. glad you enjoyed it. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #64

When I was young, the Mother of one of my friends had passed through the death factories. . . Journeyman Feb 2015 #36

All of America should sit down and sob mountain grammy Feb 2015 #37

I'm sorry that this is what broke her. flvegan Feb 2015 #38

I know how your mom feels riverbendviewgal Feb 2015 #40

I'm sorry. Seven billion of us, most are okay. TV makes it hard to remember that. LeftyMom Feb 2015 #41

I hope she takes a break from the news. roody Feb 2015 #43

Be glad marions ghost Feb 2015 #48

I cried after watching the evening news in Japan. betsuni Feb 2015 #51

It actually speaks highly of your mom, WillyT Oilwellian Feb 2015 #54

Her response is the only sane one I can think of tblue Feb 2015 #56

Show her SCE's cat post: panader0 Feb 2015 #57

Your parents survived the sacrifices and horror of "The war to end all wars". johnnyreb Feb 2015 #61

I'm so sorry WillyT ReRe Feb 2015 #65

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #66

There are days when i think I cannot watch TV TNNurse Feb 2015 #67

I know that this may seem unsensitive. RoccoR5955 Feb 2015 #68

We are currently in the most peaceful era in human history Taitertots Feb 2015 #69

I'm sure your Caretha Feb 2015 #72