is there a way for a troupe of traveling wedding dresses to bring comfort to those in pain? The deep craving to bring comfort to those who, like many of us, found pain and fear at a finish line rather than joy and celebration, haunted me through the many days of the Boston tragedy. I am not an EMT...I am not a celebrity...I don't have the voice to lead a group in the national anthem...so what can I do?
I can give blood...which I do on a regular basis. Yes, blood is needed, and I know that it saves lives, but that seems so distant. I can send money....but money is not comfort. Money often complicates rather than soothes.
So what about a walk by women in wedding dresses past the finish line. Women in white celebrating Boston. Would we fill the hearts of Boston runners like the old chant:
"A river of birds in migration, a nation of women with wings."
as we walk with our lace and silk and satin and cotton blowing around our legs, our trains flying like kites behind us? Would a river of white be a show of force to those who would threaten our courage?
Would you join me?
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I would not only join you, but I would help to organize and promote such an event! Marcie
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