Originally posted by nikki.171
I am not a member of the MB forum. I visit it occasionally to read the written updates. The point is - I love reading OSs but THIS short yet strong and sensitibe piece conpelled me to comment.
I am glad you liked it. I dont know how to fill up pages with text; occupational hazard really. So, my words are usually short even my FFs give up at chapter 15. Thank you.
You tug at the heart strings showing the aftermath of a war. War, no matter for what reason, is brutal and inhumane and costly to the lives of the innocent.
A necessary evil?? I don't agree with it: not in Iraq, not in Afghanistan, not anywhere. But, it happens time and time again.
You present so many different views -'She' returns as the brave hero not 'he' and I also love how she thinks of protecting her children even in her dying moments.
She was something I could relate to. She was something I wanted to be when I was younger. A mother cares for her children till her last breath; she was trying to shield her young ones from harm's way.
This makes me again reflect on where this world has come to. And I second you when u say the world needs a rebirth.
There is so much saving to do and not enough volunteers. Dead and the dying are a reality we overlook walking around in supermarkets picking up ticketed bags of dead meat; not knowing the flesh is dead and washed with chemicals, injected with hormones and fed on antibiotics. We are aloof.
In short- I loved it! A lot!
thank you and yes, I go off on tangents about nothing in particular.