The Cerebral Mum

This is what is on my mind right now.

It is an article from Reuters which I won’t write the title of, and won’t go into the details of, because more coverage will simply exacerbate the situation and the longer this stays away from the Western press, the more easily the situation will be resolved.  Let’s just say that it is very close to home.

I’m used to this.  Getting a text message or a speedy IM or a one line email and then waiting to see what unfolds.  Bombs going off, riots, hiding out with security details. My mother in the thick of things.  She doesn’t live is safe places.  She’s had to evacuate more than once.  For her, that’s fine.  It is perhaps more frustrating on the other side of the world, waiting to get a clearer picture of what is going on.

I’ve learned to be phlegmatic, as my mother is.  She is not a daredevil, or a risktaker.  She is a practical, sensible woman.  However, I still can’t help that initial reaction, wanting to know more and wanting to do something even though I can’t.

I have a little more information though nothing helpful, so I will be waiting to see how the situation unfolds. But I won’t write that now, and I think I’ll turn the comments off on this post.  If anyone wants to discuss it, please use the contact form, or my email if you have it.  There will be no fuel from me: The media will start supplying that anytime now and it’s not helpful.  I only wish the media was as sensible as my mother.

Anyway, that’s all I have to say tonight.  There is nothing else on my mind.

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