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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:47 PM Jan 2015

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So Tonight... My 85+ Year Old Mom Is Sobbing Uncontrollably... [View all]

While watching NBC Nightly News, She Learns Of The Beheading Of Japanese Journalist Kenji Goto...

After living through the depression... and WWII... and still has a book of WWII ration stamps...

After the Death Camps...

And JFK... and MLK... And RFK...

She... in the last years of her life... gives up on humanity.

And so she sobs. And I feel like crap...

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So Tonight... My 85+ Year Old Mom Is Sobbing Uncontrollably... [View all] WillyT Jan 2015 OP

We can only take so much crap, and then we're done. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2015 #1

Hard to even know what to say. Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #2

I'm 68 and I'm no longer amazed at how crazy the world is vlyons Jan 2015 #22

Nice post. Lapsed Buddhist here (if such is possible); I'm now full-tilt Marxist (materialist) but KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #29

funny, I'm a democratic socialist vlyons Feb 2015 #32

After Bush and Cheney I stopped believing in karma in any meaningful sense. (I probably should KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #34

thank you UpInArms Feb 2015 #42

This is very helpful, vlyons. Makes it a tiny bit easier to process what madness goes on around us. calimary Feb 2015 #70

What seems hopeless? hfojvt Feb 2015 #44

It is everywhere marions ghost Feb 2015 #45

it already is pretty rare and becoming less common hfojvt Feb 2015 #55

War deaths should be included marions ghost Feb 2015 #58

I think the media should have some perspective hfojvt Feb 2015 #60

You see the world as good guys vs. bad guys marions ghost Feb 2015 #62

What should we do, then? ladyVet Feb 2015 #50

I would suggest hfojvt Feb 2015 #59

my mom and dad died ten months apart and every day when I talk roguevalley Feb 2015 #71

Yes, people have always been doing awful things to each other. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #53

This is profound. cilla4progress Jan 2015 #3

Hang in there. cally Jan 2015 #4

Oh. Your poor mom. Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #5

It's tough to want to stay informed Tsiyu Jan 2015 #6

I am sorry to hear that Newest Reality Jan 2015 #7

excellent post marions ghost Feb 2015 #46

I'm so sorry for her - and us. Triana Jan 2015 #8

SO SORRY, elleng Jan 2015 #9

many hugs for you and your mom! steve2470 Jan 2015 #10

Hug her malaise Jan 2015 #11

I am 73 years old and that is what I was thinking. Set down beside her and hold her in your arms. jwirr Jan 2015 #16

The worst is yet to come. roamer65 Jan 2015 #12

I join you in feeling like crap also. Wish I could say something to help. Just take this: kelliekat44 Jan 2015 #13

Give her your love and a hug WillyT. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #14

Sorry to hear that n2doc Jan 2015 #15

Very sorry to hear this... cyberswede Jan 2015 #17

Oh my... SoapBox Jan 2015 #18

One Thought That Helps Me Cope Leith Jan 2015 #19

Give your mom one of these for me: Brigid Jan 2015 #20

i weep with her. we are doing this wrong. spanone Jan 2015 #21

While what happened to the Japanese journalist is horrific, avebury Jan 2015 #23

Like we're any better than ISIS. Just yesterday, Texas executed an inmate with an KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #31

I actually think that this country is far worse then avebury Feb 2015 #49

There's a line from Shakespeare that comes to mind: "Oh, it is excellent to have KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #52

my uncle was a prisoner of the Japanese Imperial Army for three years grasswire Feb 2015 #39

Please pass a hug along to your mother from me..... Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2015 #24

Comfort her and remind her of her contribution to the world. hamsterjill Feb 2015 #25

I am with you there 2naSalit Feb 2015 #26

What a wonderful caring person. Your post brought tears to my eyes. People like your mother... BlueJazz Feb 2015 #27

Crazy crap world lunasun Feb 2015 #28

I am ten years younger and I understand. oldandhappy Feb 2015 #30

If you have access, Beethoven's "9th Symphony" (and the 4th choral movement) KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #33

I'm so sorry WillyT. lovemydog Feb 2015 #35

the quote is from ts eliot rather than merton. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #47

Thanks ND-Dem lovemydog Feb 2015 #63

you're welcome. glad you enjoyed it. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #64

When I was young, the Mother of one of my friends had passed through the death factories. . . Journeyman Feb 2015 #36

All of America should sit down and sob mountain grammy Feb 2015 #37

I'm sorry that this is what broke her. flvegan Feb 2015 #38

I know how your mom feels riverbendviewgal Feb 2015 #40

I'm sorry. Seven billion of us, most are okay. TV makes it hard to remember that. LeftyMom Feb 2015 #41

I hope she takes a break from the news. roody Feb 2015 #43

Be glad marions ghost Feb 2015 #48

I cried after watching the evening news in Japan. betsuni Feb 2015 #51

It actually speaks highly of your mom, WillyT Oilwellian Feb 2015 #54

Her response is the only sane one I can think of tblue Feb 2015 #56

Show her SCE's cat post: panader0 Feb 2015 #57

Your parents survived the sacrifices and horror of "The war to end all wars". johnnyreb Feb 2015 #61

I'm so sorry WillyT ReRe Feb 2015 #65

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #66

There are days when i think I cannot watch TV TNNurse Feb 2015 #67

I know that this may seem unsensitive. RoccoR5955 Feb 2015 #68

We are currently in the most peaceful era in human history Taitertots Feb 2015 #69

I'm sure your Caretha Feb 2015 #72