When tragedy strikes, we are often faced with failure. Not failure of our own self - because it is expected that we break down during tragedy - but failure of belief systems to provide comfort or failure of the support from people we were sure we could have counted on.

Having your child die feels like the worst violation. It tears away everything ( Read more... )

 Well, we had our first and hopefully only death at the Olympics. Sad. It really bothers me that our news station has felt the need to show the accident happen. The poor boy flung against a metal post as his body left the luge track ( Read more... )