& my kingdom has fallen
i can't take it anymore I don’t know about you, but Spring can’t come soon enough; it’s been a long winter… Being stuck under piles of snow, as the bad news kept tumbling in has started to get the better of me. The week I was glad the gray days only brought rain and not that “S-word.” At the risk of sounding ungrateful, though, I would have preferred some sunny days. I’m ready for a break from all this… That’s why when the news about the Fort Hood shooting came on yet another wet, drab day; I began worry that perhaps the final straw that would break the camel’s back had been dropped on the pile… There still aren’t many details, it seems the poor soul who took those innocent lives and finally his own, was wounded in his own right. Apparently he had been seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Regardless of what other details will emerge, though, all it took was one split second and Ivan’s life was forever changed . And only moments after that...