I have lived here in Florida now for 8 years coming up in the end of January 2013, and previous to that I have lived my life in Connecticut, proud to be a native of that State. When I lived there I subcribed to the local paper: The Waterbury Republican. Now I also read the local paper here everyday, that is very simaliar...except for one exaggerated fact, and that is, with everyday I read about killing's & murder's, that seem to be the 'norm' here in Florida. But still I enjoy my paper regardless, since it does have some redeeming factor's, one of course is that it does'nt have the word 'Republican' in it's title...sorry..but seriously, I can for the most part read the whole thing from front to back and go away feeling somewhat fulfilled that I still have a local paper to enjoy. The other thing that I can expect at some point is when I run across an article about Connecticut, most of which are just those little blibs about some unimportant situation, but what ever it is it brings me back home for just a split-second to another time.
Now it's much different, the name of the State where I grew up and have so many happy memmories of places and friends, is now smothered in the New's about a horrific incident that is so far from my normal grasp of things, I just have a hard time getting around it, and with every mention of it, a tear will fall.
I can only hope that with time, those tears and fears will subside, and something good will come out of this...what, I have no idea, and at this point, doesn't seem like there would be anything! We can only hold on tight, and keep in touch with what we all deem a 'normal' World, perhaps then..'it can't happen here'...wouldn't happen at all..........
PEACE AND LOVE
