All my protection just fell away :(

[KitchenWitch]

:cry:

I just saw the Red Cross ad...Johnny Cash singing "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

:cry:

[KitchenWitch]

1. Did anyone else's defense mechanisms just fail?

I am sitting here crying and I cannot stop.

[billyskank]

2. ...

:hug:

[bertha katzenengel]

3. Not watching TV

Glad I'm not. :hug:

[Hugin]

4. Awe, defenses are important...

but, so is compassion.

:hug:

[KitchenWitch]

5. But they are not mutually exclusive

I am very compassionate, but I am usually not reduced to a bowl of pudding by stuff that happens.

[Hugin]

8. These are stressful times KW...

and no KitchenWitch is an Island.

:hug:

[knowbody0]

9. KW

these are our brothers and sisters. they are dying for no good reason. our tears validate their suffering. to not weep is not human. you watch, you will feel cleansed afterwards
love

[thinkingwoman]

17. I broke down with Anderson Cooper

this evening. I'd avoided tv news all day...preferring to get news here and from the new orleans station web sites. But I turned on Anderson Cooper and...well...you know the rest.

I can't take it anymore. I am so ashamed of my country. I am so heartsick for those we still haven't heard from, and those nobody in charge seems to hear.

It's just too much. I cannot watch anymore.

[drfresh]

18. My eyes watered tonight

I don't cry. Twice in the last 4 years, but my eyes watered tonight. It says a lot for me ...

[Spacemom]

6. I know how you feel

Hubby just got home and I just started crying as soon as he walked in the door. How much can people take??

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[KitchenWitch]

7. I have not felt this vulnerable since 9/11/01

:cry:

[WCGreen]

10. I have chocked up a dozen times sine this all began,,,,,,

[KitchenWitch]

11. Me too, WC

:cry:

[Jamastiene]

12. I've been bawling all day. And then the Red Cross goes and

tears me apart again. Where are they now, I wonder. Are they in New Orleans or anywhere in Mississippi or anywhere near there?

[HuskerDU]

13. Anyone with a heart is hurting really bad right now.

People are dying when they could be getting rescued or at least have supplies dropped to them. What happened to our once great country?

[KitchenWitch]

14. I wish I knew...and Welcome to DU HuskerDU!

[Fleshdancer]

15. I was holding strong until Anderson Cooper lost his composure a little

That man was incredible tonight. His compassion was refreshing and most needed. The other reporters were ridiculous in comparison.

[khashka]

16. Which is why we have protection rituals, my dear

A little salt, a little clear water, a little burning sage....

Doesn't do a goddamn thing really, but if you can buy into it, it helps. You can take strength from it...

Khash.

[TroubleMan]

19. That video where they guy tells the story how he lost his wife got to me

That was one of the saddest things I've ever seen.

If you can bear it....here it is:


WARNING...IF THIS DOESN'T MAKE YOU HORRIBLY SAD....YOU HAVE NO HEART.

If you're feeling sad already...don't watch it.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/30/katrina.people/index.html

It's the first video link.