I'e gotten so used to bad news from the war I try to just let it slide away.

Maybe it's pathetic that the tiniest thing could make me so emotional. Overall the situation in Iraq is still stupid and sucks terribly, but just two lives are free of the mess, and in a good way.

The Two Simonas are Free

I'm crying from joy. I was sure they'd never get out. I heard the news when they were taken and how emotional their families were. I kinda of thought it was too bad. So many families would not be getting members back and a few would have to sit in the center of a shit storm with the cruel knowledge that someone they love was brutally murdered for no good reason.

I heard the report that they had been killed and my heart got a little darker and a little heavier for the whole mess.

They're the only female humanitarians that I know of who had been taken. I kept hoping that would work out in their favor, but in the face of an enemy that just doesn't care who's side you're on and only sees you as a weapon for psychological warfare I had to accept that it wouldn't matter.

I'm so happy for them I could just fall apart. They're free and I feel a little less heavy about this whole mess.