unbroken

the book i picked out the other night was "unbroken" by laura hillenbrand.  please read this book!  for those of you who read "seabiscuit" you already know what a great writer she is.  "unbroken" is written with the same thought and care for its hero, louie, a man as strong and unwavering as seabiscuit himself.  an inspiring story about what man can accomplish, endure and overcome.  (see "unbroken" info in my amazon picks to the right of this post.) 

would that i were as willing and able to persevere.  after the last 16 months of my life i feel beaten and bruised just by taking care of winston, maeve and (rather poorly) myself.  i cannot imagine the physical suffering of men like louie but identify, in a very limited way, with his post-war meltdown.  though, gratefully, i do not suffer from nightmares i am plagued by anxiety and the inability to forget:  the flood, the fear, the weariness. 

for those of you in the D.C. area, i hope you are doing well after the scare today.  i got a text about the earthquake from my best friend who lives in northern virginia, as do her sister, brother-in-law and their sweet kids.  she works in D.C. proper and said they feared a bomb when they first felt it.  how scary!  i will admit that i retroactively worried about it being a bomb and suffered quite a panic attack at the thought of anything happening to my best friend of almost 20 years.  i looked at the story on cnn.com and tried to ease my mind by saying, "she's okay, she said herself that she's OKAY!"

grace and peace and solid ground