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pat_k

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16. I've been crying on and off all day.

Tue May 26, 2026, 01:31 AM

Yesterday

Grief is a messy soup today.

The 58,318 honored on the The Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Loss of more than 50 million allied forces and civilians in WWII, including about 420,000 Americans.

Loss of the national soul I believed our part of the alliance against fascism in WWII was all about. (May we yet redeem ourselves)

Personal losses that have nothing to do with war. DUer's like elleng and William Rivers Pitt, dear friends Karyn Altman (KaryinMiami) and Andy Stephenson, and the love of my life Dusty Kiegel (Senator)

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