I never know what to say when people cry, when people are grieving, or when people are broken hearted. I don't know what to say now when I think about the state of the world in the last few days and weeks and months, but I feel that I've got to say something. At times like these, words are all we have, so I'm going to use them the best I can.
When I first read on Twitter last night about the attacks in Paris I was stunned. No, I thought, not again. At that point the news stations were reporting 18 deaths, and I just felt more and more despair as that number rose. This wasn't something I could just turn off the television and forget about. I felt, and still do feel, so useless. By keeping the news on and following the story, I felt like I was doing something: standing with the people. Solidarity is something that's been spoken about a lot in the last 24 hours and I think that's what is was.
