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It's bothering me...
December 31, 2004
that i haven't written anything about the tsunami. I've been thinking about it a lot. I think it's difficult to comprehend the devastation and THAT MANY LIVES being lost. My brain just seizes up. I told Monk about it today, because I felt like he should know about such a huge event in the world. He was sad, but I didn't feel that it was appropriate to shelter him from the tragedy. He's not looking at pictures or anything, but...I dunno. He's 8. This is history. And, not only that...I mean, he is such a sensitive little guy, but also so invested in appearing to be insenstive, even at his age. I feel like I need to help him to understand that it's OK to feel sad and to nurture his sensitivity about events like this. Or maybe I'm totally wrong, and I need to add a quarter to the therapy jar.*
Anyway, there obviously aren't words, but I am going to have the children donate their allowance this month to relief efforts, and I'm going to match their donation. It's not much, but it's pretty much all I can afford to give.
And, too, I'm bracing for some sort of world-wide aftershock. I mean, I don't see how an entire plate can break and things can shift THAT MUCH without there being some repercussions elsewhere at some point.
*One of the best parenting ideas ever is to get a big old jar and throw some change in it everytime you do something that's going to come up in therapy later in life. That way, I can send the kids out with the money they will need to recover from my mistakes. Ha!
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