My heart goes out to Norway right now. I have several friends in the country--you know some of them-- Mari, Siv, Cold as Heaven... there are more. My memory stinks. I also have Norwegian roots, and frequently point at the Scandenavian countries at those that have figured out the proper balance between letting people achieve and taking care of everybody... And people respond that... well they don't have our problems do they...
Sadly, in a tragic way, that became very untrue yesterday. And my heart goes out to them. I'd summarize it, but I think Mari does so much better a job--she is after all, THERE. I encourage you to check out her blog today: The Giraffability of Digressions.
That's all.
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This is what ignorance and hate do. Awful and tragic and totally totally uncalled for. My heart goes out to all these young people killed in Utoeya and all those injured and killed in the blast in Oslo. Terrible. :-(
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My thoughts and prayers are with the Norwegian people and the friends I've made from there. What a terrible crime. The world truly lost a lot of light.
Hear, hear, Hart. Just read Mari's post. sniff sniff.
xo B
I weep. Sue
Thank you for thinking of us in this difficult time for our country.
Cold As Heaven
Thank you for your concern and support. You know it means a lot to me.
My heart is hurting for all. So tragic and horrible.
Oh, this is awful. I think of the young people trying to escape in the water. The whole thing makes me shudder.
Even though my married name is Olson, I wasn't sure I had a direct connection there. Then I talked to a good friend of ours who said he heard from his cousin this morning - his son was at the youth camp and jumped over a 20 foot cliff to escape the gunfire. He lived, but so many of his friends didn't...there are no words.
erica
erica
Such a tragedy...
Crimes like these can happen anywhere. Unfortunately this is the worst part of life... dealing with unbalanced people.
My heart goes out to them too. So incredibly sad.
Man oh man, the things you miss when you've been away for the weekend! I have no idea what happened, but I'm running off to check. I have Norwegian friends too. Gah...
What a gripping account. My heart is broken for peace loving Norway.
One crazy, sick individual.
Yes, a severe tragedy. Pray for those in Norway.
Thanks for your post and link. I'll go there next. I have ties to Norway as well. We keep in touch with the relatives who still live there. My grandpa immigrated to Minnesota when he was a young man.
I heard snippets about the tragedy, but will visit that other blog. Sad.
Heartbreak and shock. And I was hoping Columbine would be the worst tragedy involving killers and kids.
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