Dear
Shawn,
The
other night I was watching some of the Winter Olympics from South
Korea on line. This is the only way I can watch them at home, since I
don’t have regular TV. It was neat to see them cover some of what I
loved about my visits to Korea. They showed a segment on making
kimchi, a dish I never fully appreciated until having fresh,
Korean-made kimchi. They showed a variety of street food, which I
have previously savored, a tea ceremony, which I enjoyed once after
meeting a woman on the flight, who invited me to her tea room. I
found myself really missing Seoul.
Another
thing I enjoyed, was seeing how people, athletes in particular, can
gather from all around the world, putting aside political differences
and with good sportsmanship, come together in a global community, to
bring us all a little closer as we cheer the athletes on. Sure, we
root for our hometown countries the most, but you can’t help but
cheer any good routine.
Then
I read a little blurb about another school shooting. This one was in
Florida, and the headline mentioned seventeen dead. I cried. With
nothing but that information. Normally, I would turn my TV on,
navigate my Roku to CBS news, and follow along. This time, I could
not do that. I did not want to hear about more kids being killed in
school.
I
don’t have solid feelings about gun control. I do think more needs
to be done. I do feel strongly that Americans should have guns. I do
not like seeing them in public and I do not feel that the average
citizen needs assault rifles. I do know that we need to do more for
mental illness. I also feel strongly that we should refer to those
who do this type of terror, well, terrorists. That is what they are.
These
days, I watch very little news. The news always seems to stress me
out unlike ever before. So here I am, several days after this terror
in Florida, and I’ve yet to watch the news, or read about it. It
turns out that a pilot I know lost his daughter in that shooting.
Again, I cried. It’s just not right. What are we going to do in
America? I need a slice of pie. Pecan?
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