lost a friend on Monday<\/a>, and, a mere hour ago, learned that another Scout leader just lost her husband. \u00a0And, yes, at the same time, I could probably look up the week\u2019s body count from Chicago gang shootings, or deaths in Syria and Iraq, or the number of children dying from preventable diseases and these numbers would dwarf that of our community, if all that matters is numbers. \u00a0But I\u2019ll be damned if I\u2019ll allow anyone to tell me that I\u2019d better mourn everyone equally, that I have no right to be more sad about the death of a friend.<\/p>\nAnd it\u2019s the same with Paris \u2014 so many of us feel a connection to Paris, whether because of cultural ties, personal connections (visits there, an acquaintance with a Frenchman or Frenchwoman), high school French classes, or just the instant familiarity of that city. \u00a0Do we really have to apologize for feeling as if a member of our (figurative) family has died?<\/p>\n
As to the photo, well, I have no idea why, among the photos my husband took on his last business trip to Paris, there\u2019s this one of four bunnies in a courtyard in view of the Eiffel Tower. \u00a0I didn\u2019t notice this when we looked at the pictures when he returned from that trip. \u00a0Honey, if you happen to check the blog after the Scout outing dinner, could you please tell me what this was all about?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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