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Monday, 21 May 07 :: it hits home.

it's amazing how small our worlds are. when everything happened at virginia tech, friends here in logan commented on how small the world is because of their connection to the events through me. well, the world is even smaller than that, at least for me. i've been watching the news today about the events in lebanon. it didn't occur to me till late in the day that i should email my friend a. a has come here to utah state from lebanon, and that is where he will spend the summer. now its not just some far of middle eastern thing, but instead my friend could have lost someone today.

tonight as i drift to sleep i will say an extra prayer for those in lebanon, for my friend a, and all those deeply affected by the events of today.. and future events. i think i'll extend my prayers on to everyone around the world being touched by sorrow. because, really, the world is a small small place. maybe if we all pray for each other we could stop the killing?

i know, i know. that's a lot to ask for in a small prayer. but at least its yet another start. just like millions upon millions of people do every day in their hope for peace to all souls.

posted by brooke at May 21, 2007 11:07 PM

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i'm brooke, born in '73. i am currently a phd student in instructional technology. this is the blog where i capture all the neurotic, and the few non-neurotic, moments that seem to come with being a phd student (if you want to read less neuroses and more professionalism go to: oer's, dl's, reuse and culture: it's about a phd student researching digital resources in a multicultural world). i have been from eugene, oregon for a long time.. 8 years specifically (its my home now, but i grew up in southwestern virginia), but now i'm here in logan, utah at utah state university. after finding my roots in eugene i never could have expected that i would leave that liberal oasis and head to utah. but i did and there are days when its a blessing and days when i'm tempted to go back to oregon and beg the folks at lost valley educational center to let me move in. but i won't leave because there are days when this process is better than any kind of high i could ever imagine. what else? i collect things, i have 2 cats, 2 kayaks, 2 laptops (i'm a geek - one mac, one pc). i can be emailed at brookesblog@rivervision.com.