A friend came for lunch.\u00a0\u00a0 We walked to the beach and sat there for a while.\u00a0 My heart hurt the whole time.\u00a0 I held it as gently as possible.\u00a0 I told Cory when I went for massage, and she praised me.
\nMy heart aches.\u00a0 I soften around it and hold it as gently as I can.\u00a0 Dear Heart, is there anything you need to say?
\nI hurt, for the species that are going extinct, for the destruction of the cod fishery off Newfoundland, for the poisoning of the gulf of Mexico, for all the people who\u2019ve lost their work in the fishing industry, for all the people who\u2019ve been driven out of their homes by bank foreclosures, and the people who are \u201cunderwater\u201d with mortgages higher than their homes are worth.\u00a0 I hurt for all the people who are in prison unjustly, for all the children currently being abused in their families.\u00a0 I hurt for children orphaned by disaster, trying to live in the streets, for all the young girls sold into brothels.\u00a0 For all the people like me who are lonely, lost, and isolated, and can\u2019t find people of like mind.\u00a0 For all the people struggling with clinical depression in a hostile, ignorant culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A friend came for lunch.\u00a0\u00a0 We walked to the beach and sat there for a while.\u00a0 My heart hurt the whole time.\u00a0 I held it as gently as possible.\u00a0 I told Cory when I went for massage, and she praised … Continue reading