Sweet Flowers Spring Hope Eternal

My bulbs have finally started to poke through the ground after 

a long cold spring...

and I decided to snip a few for the table. 

We need a pop of color in here after all to breathe some freshness into the home.

This has been the longest week...I think we have all watched the man-hunt non-stop

when the tv or internet has been available.

I am so saddened by the Boston bombing, especially for the

sweet little boy 

they keep showing photographed in his first communion suit.

Our son makes his first communion in two weeks,

and we just made his felt banner a few days before that tragic event occurred,

so I naturally I cannot help but get choked up over that photo.

And while I am glad they have apprehended those perpetrators,

as a mother

I cannot help but feel sorry 

for the bomber handcuffed to his bed
and wonder what went wrong...
And maybe you're mad for me thinking that, but-

I am sure his parents did not intend for him to turn out this way...

...bringing him to America to get an education, to learn, to become something,

only to have him throw it all away and hurt others

with the global press playing watchdog.

His father looks heartbroken...

...to know his child has caused harm.

It must be very difficult to accept.
How can you ever find happiness in even a backyard flower again?

I hope this young man is able to reconcile

with himself what he has done

and to ask God's forgiveness for the unfathomable hurt he has caused

to so many people that he never even knew.

We have to hope...

for the sake of humanity

and the sake of our own angry hearts.
Forgiveness is always the hardest thing to do.


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