Dine and Dish

My 11 year old son came home from school Monday afternoon and noticed that I seemed on edge, worried and uneasy. When I told him what had happened at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, near where my friends had been racing and observing, he was shocked. "Why would someone do that? It doesn't make sense!" I watched him try to wrap his brain around the why...why would someone intentionally do something like this? Finally, unable to come to grips with such such senseless acts of violence, he said, "Mom, I don't think you need to worry. I'm sure the explosion was just from an oil spill or something." I wish, my friends, that we could all know that kind of innocence again. Where things like someone intentionally blowing up fellow humans for no reason, was so far out of reach to be true. I wish it wasn't our reality. I have some really great recipes I want to share with you, but I just can't. I get so wrapped up in things like this...seeing the unfathomable take place to innocent people. It's just too much and I can't pretend it's not happening. In the meantime, I ask that you please give as much attention to the victims of this horrible crime as we are to the suspects. Sean Collier, Krystle Campbell, Martin Richard, and Lingzi Lu...they are whose names we need to remember in the coming months and years. We owe it to them.  In addition, there are victims who still have their lives, but who have lost so much. Please remember to keep them in your prayers. What … [Continue reading]