Mourning

[bridgetester]

I am in mourning.

For the people and places of New Orleans, and all those forgotten along the Southern coast.
For the sister of a LiveJournal friend.
For that which could have been, without natural disasters and sudden death.

Robert Burns--Hark! the Mavis

Comments

[possumcowboy]

That is one of my very favorite prayers. A group I spend a lot of time with says that at the beginning of each meeting.

[bridgetester]

That sounds like a good group to join...

[possumcowboy]

The initiation damned near killed some of us.

[bridgetester]

Ah. Yes, but the sentiment of the quote stands, and the community helps protect the rest from death...

In Life's name, and for Life's sake,

[sheherazahde]

I believe that one is by Diane Duane from "So You Want to be a Wizard". It is the Wizard's oath.

Re: In Life's name, and for Life's sake,

[bridgetester]

Yes. Yes, it is. I suppose I should cite it... although I tend to feel it stands on its own...

(I thought about using Darryl's version, but that's hard to read. Wizards at War is out soon. yay.)

You might like the youngwizards community.

[shivedheart]

It breaks my heart to see what has happened.

[bridgetester]

*love to fill in the cracks* (Don't you need more bubblewrap for the outside, anyhow?)