This morning before the day got started, the sun lite up downtown San Diego; and from our windows looking west the world seemed at peace.  The Pacific Ocean was as peaceful as it is supposed to be.  Nothing could have been wrong anywhere in the world... it seemed to me in the comfort of home. But the truth of the turmoil and suffering in some parts of the world that I can't see from our windows or from our balcony soon came blaring in with the latest news.  Up close life seems good.

I'm writing this after watching Saving Private Ryan so I ask for understanding...