Looks like about three dozen deaths from that blizzard in Buffalo, which we talked about last week. In our fussing over our own inconveniences we forget that some people have life very hard, very suddenly.
I will note that there were no snarky comments to Joe Biden about saying his prayers were with the people in the blizzards. When it is any kind of a gun crime there are many complaints that thoughts and prayers aren't adequate, and even a few who feel obliged to mention that prayers do no good anyway. Strangely absent now. I guess they understand that Common Sense Gun Legislation® will do little to prevent blizzard deaths. About what it will do for the homicide rate.
The newborn in Alaska did get a bed at Seattle Children's and is scheduled for open-heart surgery tomorrow. It put things in perspective to remember what has happened in most families at one time or another, that it is a great relief to get to have a dangerous procedure done.
Our difficulty is clearly minor, but we keep focus on it because it is ours. One son's return was supposed to be last night, but they were on Southwest and at the moment Saturday is still only a possibility, not a guarantee.
"Our difficulty is clearly minor, but we keep focus on it because it is ours."
ReplyDeleteI may have to remind myself about the minor part over the next few days. We are experiencing inconveniences, not problems. I am glad to hear the update about the newborn and hope all goes well.
Though not quite on topic, I am reminded of my father saying that "If money can fix it, it's not a real problem, but if no amount of money can fix it, then that's a real problem."
We made it home from Las Vegas on SWA last night though we did notice a significant number of canceled flights, especially those going through Denver.
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