A Beginning

I just returned Friday night from my trip to Gaza with a delagation of over 60 people.

I stayed the night in San Francisco with my daughter to attend the Saturday Peace March ( my daughter's first) and then drove home to Monterey. The rest of the afternoon and most of the next day was spent in what seemed like a lot of hours with two demanding little grandbabies who missed me a lot and had way too much energy for my jet lagged body.

I slept a few hours.

Now on the eve of my fourth day back to work I must be there at 6 am. After that I plan on processing what I saw and experienced in Gaza, the West Bank and Isreal. The words that come to mind at this early hour are suffering, unfairness, oppression and murder.

But also resilience, love and hope in a seemingly hopeless situation.

Many of you who know me know I am not a writer or a speaker. Nor am I technically savey. I do not know how to put my pictures on Flicker or how to create a blog. (although now I do!!!) I do however feel the urgency of getting the word out to as many people as we can about the horrific situation in Gaza and the West Bank and about the part our country plays in this situation.

So, I am going to try to be timely in my wading through all the information, pictures, and materials I collected in the little over 2 weeks I was away and present it to those of you who are interested in a somewhat coherent manner.

This blog is the beginning.