The internet has made this world significantly smaller… as if it were not small enough. I awoke this morning to turn to the on-line news and find that bombs had gone off in London and then opened my e-mail to find out my blogsis Sally and her hubby Alex are fine.
They were the first ones on my mind. 18 months ago, I would have read about the terrorist acts and thought, “Yikes! That’s terrible!” But now… I know people there. And it is more than Sally and Alex. Helen lives there. Eric’s wife is a Scot. And it makes it feel more personal. It is no longer a random terrorist act that makes me feel angry and sad, but one that has an element of personal fear involved as I now *know* people there or who have family there.
There is nothing left to say that has not been said at other blogs. I can tell you, as I brace for what is to happen to us this weekend, that the bombings in London have put a strange perspective on things. As I said to Sally via e-mail… I’ll take a hurricane.