I'm an ex-journalist. I'm always tied into the news. Constant barrage of information. All day, all the time. But today I was at a Boston Comic Con to promote my superhero books and cut off and the world went crazy with hate and anger and I feel guilty for having a good day when so many others spent a day afraid and angry.
Processing that guilt. And all I can think of is: I will spend tomorrow in a place filled with happy people, surrounded by the things they love, but they'll pass through a metal detector, emptying their pockets, because we're all angry and afraid, and I just want the world to be kind. We're all in this together. We need to start acting like it.
"Born in an abundance of inherited sadness" popped into my head tonight. "Jacksonville Skyline" is one of those perfect songs. Short, brief, beautiful, and heartbreakingly honest.
Let's make tomorrow better than today. It's all we can do, in the end.