To the students who lost their lives in Berkeley last week, I dedicate this extra post.
As recent visitors to Ireland, Hoyt and I could not help but feel a close connection to the people of that nation when we heard that terrible news. Many of the students were Irish, having come to our country to study.
We loved the Irish people we met who fed and housed us; educated us on tours; drove us in horse wagons and taxis; ferried us on boats; stopped on the street and gave us directions; played lively Irish music; cheered us in pubs, and treated us as family in Dublin, Trim, Kells, Galway, Doolin, Dingle, Kilkenny, Adare, and the Aran Islands—all kindhearted, everyone a friend.
We mourn with you, our Irish kin.
We will long remember your kindness.
Dear reader, please to take a moment with me to pause and consider those precious lives now lost.
Send thoughts of comfort to the good people of the Emerald Isle.
Thank you.
robyn allers
Well said.
Ned Kessler
Yes, it was a terrible thing to have happened. Now we mourn our own tragedy: the nine innocent people who happened to be in a church, praying, along with a maniac who had a gun.
Charlene
Indeed, we also weep with Charleston. We’re keeping incense burning in our house as a reminder to send healing thoughts to everyone at this time.
Linda Goddard
I, too, feel a great sense of loss. What a lovely act–to keep incense burning. I will do so as well.