Boltlady
Governor
Went to a lovely beach yesterday morning with one of my daughters and my son's dog. It's one of those beaches that the tourists don't really know about and you have a lovely view of the sun coming up over the Atlantic. It was great until I got the bright idea to walk along in the edge of the water. I had only walked out a few feet with the water up to my ankles when a breaker came in and knocked me straight back on my behind. The tide was coming in and much more powerful than I had anticipated. Since I had gone straight down my back was really hurting. I couldn't even stand up and was crawling on all fours to get back out of the water. Since my daughter was way down the beach and didn't see me, a couple of nice men came and helped me get up.
My back gives me a lot of trouble under the best of circumstances, but it is seriously hurting still. It has made me think of all of those poor people who get wounded in the war zones and can't get any help. In Gaza they were running out of medical supplies and means to get anywhere. It's been just as bad in Ukraine. When Russia sent in those humanitarian supplies they weren't even allowed to get them to the people who so desperately needed them until they just took them anyway.
Whenever any of us or ours gets hurt we really are not far away from being able to get help. People in pain can get relief (in my case it's been aspirin and a heating pad), so that they don't need to suffer long. Try to imagine what it must be like to be partially blown up and no way to stop the pain. Imagine if it was your child who was in so much pain. In each of the cited places ambulances and people trying to help actually get targeted.
How horrible.
My back gives me a lot of trouble under the best of circumstances, but it is seriously hurting still. It has made me think of all of those poor people who get wounded in the war zones and can't get any help. In Gaza they were running out of medical supplies and means to get anywhere. It's been just as bad in Ukraine. When Russia sent in those humanitarian supplies they weren't even allowed to get them to the people who so desperately needed them until they just took them anyway.
Whenever any of us or ours gets hurt we really are not far away from being able to get help. People in pain can get relief (in my case it's been aspirin and a heating pad), so that they don't need to suffer long. Try to imagine what it must be like to be partially blown up and no way to stop the pain. Imagine if it was your child who was in so much pain. In each of the cited places ambulances and people trying to help actually get targeted.
How horrible.
