Just wanted to let y'all know that there is a fantastic series on the Freep website this week and next by the journalist that was kidnapped for 3 weeks in the Middle East, Jill Carroll.
Each column is riveting. It seems that during the entire ordeal, one moment she was convinced her captor's would kill her and the next she would have hope that she would live. The column is just starting to tap into the hell her family went through as well.
We live such a safe, cushy life here in the US. Sure, you can get mugged or beaten up or raped (not discounting the horror of those things either), but you can walk in the mall or go to school or go to church without the fear of getting your ass blown to bits by a suicide bomber or cut in half by a machine gun for not covering your head properly. I mean, in general we have a great existence.
I really don't think my imagination could work hard enough to truly identify with the horror she went through (I'm sure it's just a Starbucks backup or something from all of the cushiness that is my life)...
Take a look at www.freep.com. It gives you a little appreciation for your own life...
Happy Friday, y'all...
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These are revealing also
http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/carroll/multimedia/index.html
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