This is from my reply to a dear friend who posted privately. I want to
share it on LN, because, in my case, it is breastfeeding related.

<Thanks for  your thoughts.

I too << don't know what to think or feel at this point in time.  I
continue to do my
work, as an act of hope. >>

I am greatly concerned with the future of my grandchildren, especially
the eldest 3 who are 23, 20 and 19.

On Sept.11, I had a certain sense of 'deja vu', but of course, on a much
larger scale, now that our continental soil has been . . . 'raped' . . .
is definitely not too strong a word.

On Dec. 7, 1941, as an 11 year old Civil Service dependent, I lived at
Hickam Housing Project, 500 feet from the fence of Hickam Field, which
was adjacent to Pearl Harbor.

As a child, with planes flying mere yards over the top of my house on the
way to their target, I was saved from fear by the love and care of my
family and community during the disaster.

I know not what else to do now, except to go about my daily
responsibilities in a spirit of obedience to my ideals, to keep my trust
in God, the collective wisdom of our leaders, the good will of our
society, and the love of family and friends. >

In that spirit, I continue to work to strengthen the bonds with my
grandchildren, volunteer for WIC, and post to LN to do something I
consider infinitely positive for the coming generations of children.

Shalom,

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA

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