I am exhausted and just feeling resentful for a whole lot of things. Sometimes I wonder about my judgment of people, and my helplessness about stuff around me...there is a not-for-profit organization called 'Milaap'. One of their ads asking for donations featured a 77-year-old woman who was raped by her son. I can't even understand how to process this. Rape is something that SCARES me a whole lot and then I see this. What...what...I tried to rationalize in my head that maybe he was a stepson. And I felt like such a stupid person - as if that would make it okay. How could a son do it? Why would he do that instead of just killing her? No. Today was just too much pain. It is a shit, shit SHIT world. (I just want to hug that lady and put her to sleep. But is Milaap ethical? Is it okay to show her face and tell her story to get donations? I feel as if they are also exploiting her.)
But still - in the spirit of carrying on with salting away whatever good I have noticed in my life today, here goes:
1. Papa is well. Did not speak to him today but no frantic calls so am assuming he is well.
2. Spoke to a couple of older associations. That was nice.
3. Had food and water and electricity.
4. Tried a top that I got in a sale for 30 bucks. It was a dark charcoal top in excellent fabric. It looked so chic!
5. I survived one more day with safety.
God bless us all.
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